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Post by princessmoose on May 19, 2006 21:41:37 GMT
What does everyone think about it? Some nice pieces on it, shame about List A though...  |
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Post by AnotherPianist on May 19, 2006 21:52:47 GMT
Some nice pieces on it, shame about List A though...  One word: Mendelssohn  . |
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Post by princessmoose on May 19, 2006 21:53:29 GMT
I've seen the Mendelssohn, no no no!
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Post by xxanna on May 19, 2006 23:13:59 GMT
Will it change after this year?
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Post by princessmoose on May 19, 2006 23:18:09 GMT
It is changing in July/August. They release the grade 8 pieces a few months earlier.  |
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Post by xxanna on May 19, 2006 23:19:16 GMT
so the syllabus you are talking about now is for next year kinda thing? the blue book?
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Post by princessmoose on May 19, 2006 23:20:20 GMT
The blue books are not out yet, but they have told us what pieces are on the grade 8 list.
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Post by xxanna on May 19, 2006 23:24:29 GMT
I see.. But the ones you are talking about are on the blue book yes?
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Post by princessmoose on May 19, 2006 23:25:17 GMT
Yes here they are:
List A
1. JS Bach - Prelude & Fugue in Ab, BWV 862 No. 17
2. Mendelssohn - Prelude & Fugue in D No. 2 Op. 35
3. Scarlatti - Sonata in A minor Kp 175 (L. 429)
4. JS Bach - Duetto No. 3 in G, BWV 804
5. Handel - Prelude and Gigue, 1st and 4th movements from Suite No. 6 in F# m
6. Scarlatti - Sonata in E, Kp 46 (L. 25)
7. Shostakovich - Prelude & Fugue in A, Op. 87 No. 7
8. A Soler - Sonata in D minor R. 15
List B
1. Clementi - Allegro con Spirito, 1st movement from Sonata in Gm, Op. 7 No. 3
2. Haydn - Allegro, 1st mvmt from Sonata in Eb, Hob. XVI/52
3. Mozart - Allegro, 1st mvmt from Sonata in F, K 332
4. Beethoven - Adagio Cantabile-Allegro ma non troppo, From Sonata in F# minor Op. 78
5. Beethoven - Allegro Vivace, 1st mvmt from sonata in G, Op. 31 no. 1
6. Haydn - Allegro, 1st movement from Sonata in C, Hob. XVI/50
7. Mozart - Allegro con spirito, first movement from Sonata in C K 309
8. Schubert - Allegro Moderato, 1st movement from Sonata in Eb D. 568, Op. 122
List C
1. Eleanor Alberga - If the silver bird could speak
2. Martinu - The puppets' dance, no. 5
3. Prokofiev - Gavotte No. 2, Op. 95
4. Ravel - Mouvement de menuet, 2nd movement from Sonatine
5. Turina - Vals romantico No.3 Op 101
6. Copland - JAzzy, no. 3
7. Albeniz - Rumoures de la caleta No. 6, Op. 71
8. Bortkiewicz - Prelude no. 1 from op 13
9. Brahms - Intermezzo in E (Adagio) No. 4 Op. 116
10. Chopin - Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55 no 1
11. Debussy - La serenade interrompue, no. 9
12. Gershwin - Liza
13. Grieg - Notturno No. 4 from Lyrische Stucke, book 5, op 54
14. Moeran - Irish love song - no. 1
15. Poulenc - Toccatta: No. 3
16. Rachmaninov - Prelude in F, no. 7 from Op. 32.
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Post by SuzyMac on May 20, 2006 17:23:11 GMT
As usual, my problem will be with list C, though I've ordered a collection of Griegs' Lyric Pieces so I'll enjoy that exploration. I presume it is the top three of each list (6 of C) in the new book? Some interesting new stuff to try there... |
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Post by petite joueuse on May 23, 2006 10:07:14 GMT
You might like to know....
The Shostakovich Prelude & Fugue in A is also on the LRSM syllabus!
Now there's a challenge.
I'm learning it at the moment (possibly to put into my still undecided Dip programme)
It is a FUN piece to play - wacky in places, but really nice.
If I was doing Grade 8, I'd definitely choose the Shosta.
I DID Shosta for my own Grade 8 and I reckon very few candidates choose him - so if you CAN get your head round the Prelude & Fugue, it is probably worth doing. My examiner was HUGELY complimentary about my rendition of him, but I can't help but wonder if it was partly because she hadn't heard anyone else play him, and she was sick of hearing the Bach or the Handel. Maybe?
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Post by princessmoose on May 23, 2006 10:13:53 GMT
I don't think I'll use this syllabus. I'll learn the C major Mozart and maybe the Chopin but I hate list A, and List C isn't easy, so I'll give it a miss.
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Post by SuzyMac on May 25, 2006 9:57:40 GMT
Ooh, my Grieg book has arrived! The Notturno is pretty! Even painfully slow, it sounds bearable (key feature of all pieces currently - I'm living with my dad who works at home!) Also ordered Jesu Joy (to get free postage  ), which I'm impressed sounded right on first run-through though my little finger hurts now, lots of 10ths to stretch By the way, what is the Mendelssohn like? |
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Post by YetAnotherKlavierist on May 25, 2006 10:44:53 GMT
The Mendelssohn is gorgeous . I really like his Op. 35 Preludes and Fugues. Mendelssohn was a big fan of J.S. Bach and he worked with Bach's sons to get JS's music popularised - it wasn't until around Mendelssohn's time that the public at large recognised JS's music. Beethoven, Mozart et al all knew of it, but it was this secret goldmine of inspiration that they passed around; they hadn't really tried to publicise it. Mendelssohn's fugues begin in a very Bach-like style, pretty strict Baroque style fugues maybe with a pinch more dynamic variation written. Then then open out into a lovely late-classical/early-romantic piece, still with the underpinnings of fugue but with all the colour one would expect of Mendelssohn . If you want a butchered quick-study of the piece let me know . |
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Post by SuzyMac on May 25, 2006 11:50:00 GMT
Sounds lovely - especially the offer to butcher it |
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