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Which one would you?

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Mr. Selick asked: PLEASE DON'T OFFEND. I am looking for advice, NOT debate or criticism. I am given a choice by my teacher. I am to play one of the pieces from the Miroirs suite by Ravel or Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit. Which one would be a wise choice? ...

Is it just me?

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

music note guy asked: I listen to a lot of classical music and enjoy the baroque period and everything Beethoven and beyond. But I seem to not enjoy the classical period (haydn , Mozart). And I feel Mozart is (sorry to offend some of you) boring. Is he just overrated ...

Contemporary piano pieces?

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

tkv asked: I'm looking for a contemporary piece to play for an event. I have absolutely no idea on what to play. I want those pieces with unusual directions like strumming strings, tone clusters, feet tapping, piano hitting and the like. All suggestions are welcome although I'd like something that ...

All Classical Musicians?

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

vindication asked: Has anyone ever played Bolero by Maurice Ravel, if you did what part did you play and how did the performance go? I am not talking about any dumbed down arragment, I am talking about the real deal. I played the flute part.family travel

WHAT A SEXUAL OPERA.OH LORD?What do you think?

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Mr. Selick asked: Have you heard Ravel's opera, L'Enfant et les sortilèges? WOW! I had never heard an opera so sexual. A couple questions. Why did Ravel end his operas without voice? Why does the opera have an Oriental aura? Why do their accents tend to sound so Asian? Just tell me what ...

Do you have a knack for performing pieces you don’t like and vice versa?

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Mr. Selick asked: I have a knack for Beethoven and Prokofiev, two of the composers I don't like to perform, but just to listen to. Vice versa, I am horrible when it comes to Schumann basically because I lose my senses as days of practice go by and then I ...

Help me?

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Mr. Selick asked: I play the piano and I showed a phenomenal progress. I am playing a piece by Maurice Ravel called Jeux D'eau that is something a masters degree plays. I tried to do the RCMs from a higher level, but they said you must start from level 8. ...

Your favorite classical music composer?

Friday, April 30th, 2010

George asked: Preferably besides the obvious Mozart and Beethoven Chopin? Vivaldi? Bach? Brahms? Wagner? Strauss? Gershwin? Mendlessohn? Satie? Debussy? Rossini? Verdi? Ravel? Liszt? Bernstein? Salleri? Rimsky Korsokov? Tchikovski? Rachmaninov? other? yes, i am sure the spelling is wrong on some freesumpin - You're a real nowhere man, sitting in your ...

So folks, what do you think of my program for my senior recital?

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Schumiszt asked: Okay, this is still slightly tentative... Schumann: Carnaval, opus 9 Scriabin: Sonata number 2, opus 19 Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit intermission Grieg: Ballade in G minor opus 24 ??????????? Rachmaninoff: Sonata number 1 opus 28 So... Yep... First off, what should I have during the question mark gap... I have several ideas. Chopin's ...

Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn?

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Mr. Selick asked: Ravel wrote pieces on composer's names. What does that mean? And there is this small line on the top that has one treble clef in the beginning and an upside down one at the end. There is a melody line on it with Haydn's name's letters written ...