shostakovich's symphony number 12... It's a new cd and i'll be listening to it for some time to come

Complete works for solo piano by Igor Stravinsky.

His early piano sonata (1924) has a very Bachian feel to it.

I play his Tango and have tried his Circus Polka (his own transcription from the orchestral original), although it's not easy!

TMS

shostakovich symphony number 5

Marc-Andre Hamelin playing Reger: Variations and Fugue on a theme of J S Bach

Some archive concerts from the Kennedy Center, WashingtonDC.

"After Henry" on BBC Radio 7 with Pru Scales and the WONderful Joan Sanderson

I love the signature tune - "Gershwin's Three-Quarter Blues" - which I have arranged for theatre organ.

I first remember her as a school teacher on ITV's "Please Sir!" starring John Alderton and Deryck Guyler.



It is so simple, yet so effective. I have a copy of the piano piece; it's coupled with his Promenade and Merry Andrew.

Gershwin's Impromptu in Two keys was also used for a radio programme, but I forget which.

Supertramp - "Breakfast in America"

I used to love Supertramp!! Dreamer...

Great band, and I love "Dreamer."

Now listening to Incubus - "Are You In?"

AHA!! It was the CLOSING theme to "After Henry" !

Joan was the headmistress Doris Ewell in "Please Sir"

Siily me!

Oh, yes, wonderful stuff!

And of course, who can forget her in Fawlty Towers??

Szymanowski- Metopes (Calypso right now)

Never heard his music in my life but these are pretty amazing pieces!

Played by Piotr Anderszewski?

I have his CD including Metopes, Masques and Sonata No.3.

Muse - "Hysteria"

Liszt Six Paganini Studies played by Marc-Andre Hamelin.

shostakovich symphony 5 3rd movement

Various pieces that DawnF & I recorded earlier today in the Library Concert Room.

Do we get to know the pieces in your programme?

beethoven's symphony number 9

Pearl Of The Stars-Coheed and Cambria

The hits channel on freeview - I'm a class act...

It wasn't a "programme" as such we were just recording some of the pieces we've played before and 1 or 2 we still hope to perform sometime. I too have them running in the background after importing them onto my computer.
Pleased to say a large number do sound really rather good.... It's definitely a good acoustic in that room

These are the pieces we recorded, though one or 2 still need a bit of perfecting.:

Kitchen Garden Suite: Prelude, Spring and Summer
Weber adagio from Concerto no 1
Mendelssohn's songs without words 4 and 10 and andante from Konzerstucke
Walking in the Air
Pam Wegwood: Falling and Friends
cakewalk
Gossec Tambourin
Chopin Andantino
Greig at the Cradle
Finzi carol
Paradis Sicilienne
Lament - Keri Degg

And there are hopes to do the Mozart Adagio and Divertimento and Baermann Adagio at some point in the future.

Can I just clarify (in case anyone is wondering) that this is just a private, personal recording for Oldnotes and myself so no copyright issues to worry about.

The soundtrack to 'Star Wars: Force Unleashed' on the xbox. See? I'm even classier.

It's not a competition

But if it were, the sounds of vader using his light saber to some nondescript classical-ish soundtrack would win, right?

Mozart violin concerto no. 1

I'm not sure - there's no classical music on mine, just scantily clad women...
The light saber definitelty gives you an advantage though

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTbkWyPFwyU

I feel it should be shared with the people of the forum!!

Ah, Stevie is a goddess.

for fellow Stevie lovers

mahler's symphony number 3

brahms 2nd piano concerto, am also trying to play it on piano......

"John Ogden could also encompass virtually anything at sight. I recall hearing him interviewed on the subject and it transpired that as a students he was asked to play the Brahms 2 in Bb that evening with the Scottish National Orchestra--a work he didn't yet know. Apart from looking through the score on the train on the way he virtually sight read it at performance. His own comment on it was 'I hope it didn't sound like it!"

The conductor did say that at times he was a little disconcerted to see Ogden peering round the edge of the pages as they were turned, looking to see what was coming next!

"Just after he co-won the Tchaikovsky competition in, I think, 1962, he was engaged to do a tour of the ABC where several concerti and consert programmes were required. The only thing he played from music was the Bliss piano concerto. When asked (by a member of the orchestra who related the story to me) why he used the music for that one piece his reply was 'Oh I I' ve just started learning it!'"

I have seen some amazing sight readers in my time but this blows them away with ease. Amazing that that soemone can just sight read something well enough to perform it in public without practice!

John Ogden's skills were legendary. Needless to say, his like does not come round very often!

I'm fascinated how these exceptional humans can do this - sight read great works of music of this difficulty - on the piano!

Is it the way they were taught piano as kids, and did they have excellent early piano tuition from great teachers, is it the way their brains are wired, is it a combination of factors, are they born this way , or is it something else? Any ideas?

i'm listening to shostakovich symphony number 8

This afternoon's Prom, live from the Royal Albert Hall - Wayne Marshall at the organ, playing Wagner transcriptions/improvisations.

I'm not in that league, but I'm a very good sight reader and I think it just comes with experience and hours put in. 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, sight reading for a dance school was a pretty good starting point!

Good grief!

shostakovich symphony number 5

The end of the Sondheim Prom, before turning in for the night...

I am listening to Shostakovich's symphony number 11.

No Good Deed-Wicked

My voice project for over the summer-that many key changes should not be allowed!!

Bach's Canonic Variations on Von Himmel Hoch, BWV 769, arranged by Stravinsky, live from the Proms.

Just before it Daniel Hyde played Bach's organ original

Rachmaninoff : Piano Concerto No. 4, Op.40 played by Mikhail Rudy and the St Petersburg PO conducted by Mariss Jansons.

Mikhail Rudy is my favourite living pianist (I'm assuming he is still alive ) I adore his interpretation of the Rach 4