What Are You Practising / Composing Now?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Moving back to the OP, I resisted the temptation to try the BBC Carol Competition, as my feeble efforts would not meet the standards of many others.

However, having suddenly become a southerner, I met a very fine violinist (from Yorkshire) who lives nearby, and whose previous accompanist has moved on. So I'm learning a whole new repertoire. Find venues with decent pianos is becoming increasingly difficult, so I've done the unthinkable, and I 've bought a stage piano, with an active loudspeaker. I've gone to the Dark Side, but it's useful for practising at antisocial hours. I hope I shan't have to use the thing in concert, but you never know.

Currently working on the Elgar Violin Sonata and Mendelssohn's D Minor trio.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Moving back to the OP

Did we ever move away from it?

I've done the unthinkable, and I 've bought a stage piano, with an active loudspeaker. I've gone to the Dark Side, but it's useful for practising at antisocial hours. I hope I shan't have to use the thing in concert, but you never know.

Slippery slope, Alpie; slippery slope.

[vinteuil]

However, having suddenly become a southerner...

... steady on there! It takes several generations, you know. And you'll have to abandon any residual lingering Yorkshire tendencies.

Really, these offcomers ...


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[Stanfordian]

In response to a request, here's a thread where members can post about their own activities if desired, performances being prepared or presented, musical works composed... even, for the amateurs among us, good pieces to be learning.

I'll kick off by saying I'm continuing to enjoy (enormously) practising the first of Schumann's "Gesänge der Frühe" Op 133 http://imslp.org/wiki/File:TN-Schuma...p_133_scan.jpg

Oh yes. We are all doing this aren't we!

After I've finished practicing my odes martinot I'm off to devote another 5 hours to my latest symphony. Not!

[Dave2002]

More drones
and a piece for a home-made electronic instrument and ensemble

Bagpipes - or a miniature version of the Helicopter Quartet?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

After I've finished practicing my odes martinot I'm off to devote another 5 hours to my latest symphony. Not!

Unless you're involved in Shelley's West Wind, it should be "Ondes Martenot", Stanf.

[MrGongGong]

Bagpipes - or a miniature version of the Helicopter Quartet?

Neither

The drone pieces are part of a long term project (got a gig in a couple of weeks)
and the other piece (which i've now finished) is for a project involving lots of other partners in other EU countries (who will probably carry on without us once this one is finished )

[BBMmk2]

I'm transcribing from brass band score to concert band score , a rather jazzy work called apocalyptic Sapphire by a young brass band composer. Rather good!

[Stanfordian]

Unless you're involved in Shelley's West Wind, it should be "Ondes Martenot", Stanf.

Well, I'm as likely to be playing it as spelling it correctly!

It's darn hard to play this thing as I keep having to feed coins into the electricity meter. Probably best that I concentrate on my magnum opus.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

... steady on there! It takes several generations, you know. And you'll have to abandon any residual lingering Yorkshire tendencies.

Really, these offcomers ...


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I have zero Yorkshire tendencies, having been born in Lancashire.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Slippery slope, Alpie; slippery slope.

I know. I just thought I should own up.

[EdgeleyRob]

Für Elise is far more difficult than it looks and sounds,to me anyway.
Been trying to play it for a couple of weeks,think my fingers are too fat for piano playing,always pressing 2 adjacent keys at the same time instead of the 1 indicated,,must try some music where that is allowed.

[vinteuil]

I have zero Yorkshire tendencies, having been born in Lancashire.

... ah, so you're not really a southerner yet. A real southerner couldn't tell the difference between Lancashire and Yorkshire. And wouldn't care anyway...



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[antongould]

Für Elise is far more difficult than it looks and sounds,to me anyway.
Been trying to play it for a couple of weeks,think my fingers are too fat for piano playing,always pressing 2 adjacent keys at the same time instead of the 1 indicated,,must try some music where that is allowed.

Keep at it ER .....