hebele iternabe Jealous of Carnival of Venice. I hope my motivation sees me to the end like you.

@hebele There will be some hurdles, but none so big that can't be overcome with several days of practice. Just keep digging at it, let things settle in by having good sleep, and you will get there.

    I’m learning Henri Bertini etude in F sharp minor Op. 29 no. 11.

    It's the easiest one of the four Bertini etudes from Denis Zhdanov's course that I'm following. The biggest problem that I’m trying to overcome right now is to play the sextuplets evenly. Besides, I’m nowhere near the target tempo yet, but I’ll get there (slowly) eventually… I hope.

    I have four pieces in the works.

    JS Bach Allemande from French Suite no. 3 in B minor
    Mozart Alla turca
    Brahms Waltz in A-flat major op. 39, no. 15
    Animato from Prokofiev Visions Fugitives op. 22, no. 4

    I'm trying to memorize the Brahms and the Mozart and have them in my repertoire (I learned both of them about 2 years ago) but all four of them are quite easy (relatively speaking). I worked on some super difficult pieces earlier this year but I just enjoy myself more when playing something that's not so taxing.

    Hopefully, I can get the Mozart and the Prok good enough for the fast pieces recital.

      I'm almost done with Energico in Faber 3B. It (like the title of the piece suggests) is all allegro and has some complicated fingering. Kind of fun to play though. If I can get a recording I'll submit it for a recital over on PNOworld.

      I also started on a new recital piece but I'm not saying what. It's a big stretch so I don't know when I'll manage to get it under my fingers.

      @bSharp Both pieces sound great! Maykapar seems quite challenging (well, to me), but no wonder - ABRSM grade 8 is no joke. Wish you all the best with your practice!

        BartK Hopefully, I can get the Mozart and the Prok good enough for the fast pieces recital.

        I'm looking forward to the fast pieces recital, and to your submissions there!

          Still finalizing Ballin' the Jack, working on La Donna e Mobile and following the blues tutorial.

          Gooseberry but no wonder - ABRSM grade 8 is no joke.

          It's RCM 8 actually. ABRSM is like the top tier RCM level, 10 or ARCT (Diploma) level 🙂

            Prokofiev sonata 3

            Liszt Transcendental Etude 7, Eroica

            Bach Prelude and Fugue in D minor, book 2

            Beethoven Pathetique sonata

            Chopin B minor Waltz, op 69 no 2

            Pallas I can't wait to listen to these. Thanks so much for sharing, and I hope I'll get to enjoy more of your playing. I'd love to hear it.

            Thank you! It's a challenge, but I'm determined.

              I've been working on Chopin's Andante Spianato pretty much exclusively this year.

                danno858 I've been working on Chopin's Andante Spianato pretty much exclusively this year.

                Oh, fun piece! I knew a piano student who played it for me, it was really cool.

                  I’m working on these pieces:
                  Chopin - Impromptu #3 in Gb major - not too difficult but need to get tempo up and work on some phrasing
                  Margaret Bonds - Trouble Water - the leaps and tempo make this piece challenging
                  Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major, 2nd Movement, transcription for piano - the piano solo part is intermediate level, need to let it sing, the orchestral reduction + piano part that follows is going to be challenging. Melody shifts to LH and lots of light 32nds in RH.
                  Scarlatti - Sonata K. 531 in E major - I started this for the fast pieces recital. Notes aren’t difficult but getting it up to tempo is.

                  Do you notice a theme here?

                  My first Beethoven sonata...and surely the easiest.

                  Oscar Peterson Jazz Exercise No. 2:

                  Maria Szymanowska's Nocturne in Bb. This is a stretch piece. Like...I need to touch my toes and I'm currently flirting with my knees.

                  Pallas You got it. The theme is that I struggle with playing fast!. Something I’m working on.

                    My focus right now (and for several months) is Faure’s 2nd nocturne (B major). It’s still got a long way to go, but it is feeling like the end is in sight!
                    I’m thinking of re-visiting the last of Barber’s Excursions to include in the Fast Pieces recital. It’s a hoe-down, and I think it would be fun to pair it with the Joropo which I have in the can. I learned the last Barber Excursion in high school. The issue with it is that in an ideal world, I’d spend some time re-working significant chunks of it with different fingering/hand redistribution. I think this would make it feel considerably easier. But I’m not sure that I want to commit that effort, given that I can probably manage it OK if I just play it as I always did.
                    My dad’s a horn player, and I also need to start looking at some accompaniments so we can play together. The one that’s going to be the most challenging is a Dance for horn and piano by Joseph Canteloube.

                    @Pallas , Philip Keveren has tons of great arrangements, and several different books at varying levels. If you like Christmas music, I think he has several collections there as well. Poke around on Amazon or maybe the Hal Leonard site and search for his name specifically. If you like Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, his arrangement is very nice!

                    Ok, @Gooseberry , ok, now I really want to play that Henri Bertini etude! I wonder how hard it is. I never play classical music. I bet my teacher would be floored if I brought that in! 😅

                    As for me, I am currently polishing three Alexis Ffrench pieces: Wishing, Moments and Bouebird. I’m working his September Song

                    I’m also working on Reminiscence by Takashi Kako… I wish I could find a video to share, it’s a very unknown piece but I’d love for people here to hear it…

                    And I’m resurrecting some Einaudi pieces that I let fall out of my fingers. Life is good 😊

                    Wait!! I found it! Reminiscence by Takashi Kako, it’s mislabeled. It’s the second piece in this video not the first. This link should start on Reminiscence:

                    @navindra i especially wanted you to hear this, because I think you’d like it. Also, @Pallas and @KevinM and anyone who likes Ffrench, I bet you’d like this too. I tried to play it several years ago and it felt too hard, but now it’s solidly within my range of playability.
                    ETA the video link starts at a pause in the album, so it’s silent for a moment. This is the composer playing.

                    ShiroKuro
                    I've got two versions - one from IMSLP, recommended by Denis Zhdanov in his course on Bertini etudes, but it's not the one in your post, but a "Shirmer's Library of Musical Classics, vol. 137", edited by G. Buonamici and Max Vogrich (I don't know how to add a link to it..., but it's IMSLP #583531). Though the score I'm working with is from the Pianist Magazine (I'm a subscriber) no. 130 (February-March 2023), because it is very clear and nice to read (like all the scores from the Pianist).
                    The piece is not excessively hard even to a beginner like myself, but it's an etude so it is supposed to teach some technical aspects, which I find a bit challenging and I'm eager to learn. And it is beautiful 🙂