virtuoso jin: 2009

Think back, n i asked myself Y i chose to stop music n head in biotech path... erm... sounds rhetorical to me..... but "every decisions starts from me n every moment is a choice" -quote from take charge softskill program.

Grd 8 is juz a common qualifications nowadays, i have it too~ should pass with merit for piano but tat day i was food poison during exam... luckily still passed. if i cont. tat time... i think i m doing my preparation for LT. diploma d.... 3years time after gd8... preparation time 99 o...

a simple performance without challenging technique require but i use my own performing pleasure style make make me third place ~.~ if i chose a more technically song who knows i can be champion? (hmm... cannot be lansy juz bcoz this) coz still got many great pianist but they dono the so-call stage performer style in a competition...

N i feel tat i would wanna take my diploma ATCL ... maybe in 2011.... nex year my bro alr going to take... for me preparation time will be not enuf... so i will start from now to work on... hope i can made it in time.

so, as a guideline to myself...

Selection of ATCL recital song list:

Alkan Barcarolle op. 65 (from Trente Chants vol. 3)

Bacewicz Concert Krakowiak

J S Bach French Suite no. 4 in Eb, BWV 815

J S Bach French Suite no. 5 in G, BWV 816

J S Bach Prelude & Gigue (from Partita no. 1 in Bb, BWV 825)

J S Bach Overture (from Partita no. 4 in D, BWV 828)

J S Bach Toccata (from Partita no. 6, BWV 830)

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 850

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV 851

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in F minor, BWV 857

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in F# minor, BWV 859

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in G minor, BWV 861

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in Ab, BWV 862

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in A, BWV 864

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in B, BWV 868

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 874

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV 875

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in E, BWV 878

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in F, BWV 880

J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in G minor, BWV 885

J S Bach Toccata no. 3 in D, BWV 912

J S Bach Toccata no. 5 in E minor, BWV 914

Balakirev Scherzo no. 2 or Toccata

Balakirev/Glinka The Lark

Bartók Suite op. 14

Beethoven Sonata in C minor, op. 10 no. 1

Beethoven Sonata in F, op. 10 no. 2

Beethoven Sonata in C minor, op. 13 ‘Pathetique’

Beethoven Sonata in E, op. 14 no. 1

Beethoven Sonata in G, op. 14 no. 2

Beethoven Sonata in Ab, op. 26

Beethoven Sonata in Eb, op. 27 no. 1 ‘Quasi una fantasia’

Beethoven Sonata in G, op. 79

Beethoven Sonata in E minor, op. 90

Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80

Beethoven Bagatelles op. 126

Beethoven Rondo a capriccio op. 129 ‘Rage over a Lost Penny’

L Berkeley Concert Study in Eb, op. 48 no. 2

L Berkeley Preludes nos. 1, 2 and3

Bowen Impromptu, op. 91 no. 2

Bowen Toccata

Brahms Capriccio in F# minor, op. 76 no. 1 any reliable edition

Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, op. 79 no. 2 any reliable edition

Brahms Intermezzo in Bb minor, op. 117 no. 2 any reliable edition

Brahms Intermezzo in A minor, op. 118 no. 1 any reliable edition

Brahms Intermezzo in A, op. 118 no. 2 any reliable edition

Brahms Intermezzo in F minor, op. 118 no. 4 any reliable edition

Brahms Romance in F, op. 118 no. 5 any reliable edition

Brahms Intermezzo in E minor, op. 119 no. 2 any reliable edition

Chabrier Aubade Dover

Chabrier Scherzo-Valse (from Pièces Pittoresques)

Chaminade Automne op. 35 no. 2

Chapple Bagatelles diverse nos. 6 and 7

Chopin Ballade no. 3 in Ab, op. 47

Chopin Fantaisie impromptu op. 66

Chopin Impromptu no. 3 in Gb, op. 51

Chopin Nocturne in Bb minor, op. 9 no. 1

Chopin Nocturne in B major, op. 9 no. 3

Chopin Nocturne in F#, op. 15 no. 2

Chopin Nocturne in Ab, op. 32 no. 2

Chopin Nocturne in G, op. 37 no. 2

Chopin Nocturne in F# minor, op. 48 no. 2

Chopin Nocturne in B, op. 62 no. 1

Chopin Nocturne in E, op. 62 no. 2

Chopin Polonaise in C# minor, op. 26 no. 1

Chopin Polonaise in Eb minor, op. 26 no. 2

Chopin Polonaise in C minor, op. 40 no. 2

Chopin Valse in Eb, op. 18

Clementi Sonata in Bb, op. 12 no. 1 (from Sonatas vol. 1)

Clementi Sonata in B minor, op. 40 no. 2 (from Sonatas vol. 1)

Clementi Sonata in D, op. 40 no. 3 (from Sonatas vol. 2)

Copland The Cat and the Mouse, Scherzo humoristique

Debussy La plus que lente

Debussy Minuet (from Suite Bergamasque)

Debussy Prelude and/or Sarabande (from Pour le piano)

Debussy Voiles (no. 2) and/or Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir (no. 4)

and/or La cathédrale engloutie (no. 10) (from Preludes for Piano book 1)

Debussy Feuilles mortes (no. 2) and/or La puerta del vino (no. 3) and/or

General Lavine-eccentric (no. 6) and/or Homage à S. Pickwick Esq. PPMPC (no. 9)

(from Preludes for Piano book 2) a

Dello Joio Suite for Piano

Fauré Impromptu in F minor, op. 31 no. 2 any reliable edition

Fauré Nocturne no. 4 in Eb, op. 36 any reliable edition

Fauré Barcarolle no. 1 in A minor, op. 26

Fauré Barcarolle no. 6 in Eb, op. 70

Ginastera Malambo (from Estancia Dances op. 8)

Grainger Molly on the Shore (from British Folk Music Settings)

Grieg Sonata in E minor, op. 7

Handel Suite no. 8 in F minor

Haydn Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI/20

Haydn Sonata in F, Hob. XVI/23

Haydn Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI/32

Haydn Sonata in Ab, Hob. XVI/46

Haydn Sonata in C, Hob. XVI/48

Haydn Sonata in Eb, Hob. XVI/49

Haydn Sonata in D, Hob. XVI/51

Howells Finzi’s Rest and Berkeley’s Hunt (from Howells’ Clavichord)

M Hyde Valley of the Rocks

K Jenkins Boogie Woogie Llanoogie

Kabalevsky Preludes op. 38 nos. 5 and6

D Lilburn From the Port Hills (no. 4 from Five Bagatelles)

Liszt Liebesträume no. 3 in Ab

Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca 123 (from Années de pèlerinage, 2nd year)

Martin°u Prelude en forme de Fox Trot (from Eight Preludes H181)

C McDowall Either Shades of Solace and Vespers in Venice or Vespers in Venice and Tapsalteerie

(from Four Piano solos)

Mendelssohn Prelude & Fugue in F minor, op. 35 no. 5 a

Mendelssohn Song Without Words in G minor, op. 53 no. 3

Messiaen Regard de la Vierge (no. 4 from Vingt regards sur l’Enfant Jésus)

Messiaen Le merle noir (from Petites esquisses d’oiseau)

Moszkowski Étincelles op. 36 no. 6

Mozart Sonata in C, K. 309

Mozart Sonata in D, K. 311

Mozart Sonata in A, K. 331

Mozart Sonata in F, K. 332

Mozart Sonata in Bb, K. 333

Mozart Sonata in C minor, K. 457

Mozart 10 Variations on Unser Dummer Pöbel meint K. 455

Mozart 9 Variations on a minuet by Duport K. 573

Poulenc Suite in C

Poulenc Trois novelettes, nos. 1 and 2

Poulenc Toccata (from Trois pièces)

Prokofiev Visions fugitives nos. 2, 11 and 14

Rachmaninov Polichinelle in F# minor, op. 3 no. 4 (from Cinq morceaux de fantasie)

Rachmaninov Prelude in Eb, op. 23 no. 6

Rachmaninov Prelude in G, op. 32 no. 5 and Prelude in G#, op. 32 no. 12

Rachmaninov Preludes op. 32 no. 5 and no. 10

Rachmaninov/Kreisler Liebesleid (from Piano Compositions 2) any reliable edition

Ravel À la manière de Borodin waltz

Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunté

Rzewski Dreadful Memories (from Squares & North American Ballads) Zen On

Sancan Mouvement

D Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, K. 27

D Scarlatti Sonatas in G, K. 259 and K. 260

D Scarlatti Sonatas in E minor K. 263 and E major K. 264

D Scarlatti Sonata in D, K. 491

Schubert Impromptu in Eb, op. 90 no. 2

Schubert Impromptu in Gb, op. 90 no. 3

Schubert Impromptu in F minor, op. 142 no. 1

Schubert Sonata in A minor, op. 42 D 845

Schubert Sonata in A, op. 120 D 664

Schubert Sonata in A minor, op. 164 D 537

Schumann Grillen (from Fantasiestücke op. 12)

Schumann Novelette no. 1 in F, op. 21

Scriabin Étude in Bb minor, op. 8 no. 11

Scriabin Prelude in B minor, op. 11 no. 6

Scriabin Poèmes op. 32 nos. 1 and/or2

Sculthorpe Mountains

Sculthorpe Night Pieces

Sculthorpe Sonatina

Shostakovich Preludes op. 34 nos. 3, 5, 11 and 19 [all 4]

Szymanowski Étude op. 4 no. 3: Andante — in modo d’una canzona

Szymanowski Any contrasting two of Mazurkas op. 50

Tchaikovsky Dumka op. 59

Turina Danzas fantásticas op. 22

Turina Any two or more movts from Mujeres Españolas op. 17

~MUSICAL HOLIDAY~

yeah... finally i made it to work in music school...

the pay for the job is not high... but i juz use this to spend my time rather then online whole day...
however i juz seek for pose as sales assistance, when i was interviewed by the manager, she say that by right i can be a teacher alr, however for me, holding a grd 8 qualification is not enuf althou my standard is diploma 1st lvl (din sit for exam tats y no cert)...

in future, if i don have job in my study field i can be teacher anytime :P so at least i have a way to survive althou is not the best 1 hoho... teacher pay slip is depend on student number o~ by now i need to make some analysis how to teach beginner effectively and at same time improve back my lost skill n techniques....

though does not met some of my expectation but i m happy compare to last year work place :P
my job senang je... record sales, collect fees and "open" receipt, arrange table for class, tune n clean guitar...

i like it when they wan me to jaga the piano shop... when no ppl.... i m the temporary boss haha....
sitting there do ntg, most of time i can use to practise.... actually i m expected i do this all the time but normally wat we expect is wat we will not get... anyway i m still satisfy with it...

practising n testing ;o - by "virtuoso" jinz

the most expensive piano is the grandpiano.. but mine is more exp n better =p

erm.... during period of practise... i was testing lots of pop n popular song.... i noticed many similarity among those songs... so i found the way to write my own song folo the pattern... thou it sounds plagiarism or wat... who cares, nowadays every song is a plagiarism to me.. wat u can do i can do it to with better pattern =,=

some1 send me "river flows in your" and i try to play it by ears, i record it with my camera to test the grandpiano sound... however got a distraction tat spoil my test... check this out:

the piano will have scratches if u do wat like the kid do... tats y i stop my record n go tegur him ...

*any1 wanna hear the complete version now is available in my youtube channel :P

part II:

most of time i m very free to do wat i wanna do...

well, the most expensive grandpiano is delivered to the buyer alr, i don even noe this grand was sold.... it should be should during the time i not yet work here... n the deliver juz done last week...

aiks... so far 0 piano sales from me.... sad case....

on one particular day, the gu zheng teacher get some money from yesterday's performance n therefore today i got her pizza treat :o , if not i will have to eat outside n this pizza treat save my pocket money :P

wednesday 21/10/09, there's a brand new grand piano arrive.... wau... it was a thrill to me... the grand is packed in a huge box, feel so good to touch the so called first handed.... now this grand is much exp than the previous 1.... abt 4x,xxx , not yet set the price yet