Then this woman walks over and hands me this booklet. She excitedly says, "You should try this - it's new!"
It's was the syllabus for the new LRCM (Licentiate) piano performance examination which is equivalent to a Master's in music. So the AR isn't the end of things after all! Ahh!
Pretty much everything in the repertoire syllabus is impossible...from Liszt's piano sonata to Ravel's Gaspard de ls nuit. And then there are concertos like Rach II and III, etc. :O
I've attempted a few LRCM pieces so far on my own:
- Bach's Partita No.1 in B-flat
- Mozart's Fantasie in c minor
- Chopin's Polonaise-fantasie
...with dubious results.
I'm not sure if I'll one attempt the exam (ever) but in the meantime, I've gotten yet another reason to keep practising! :)
Hey, look, I still exist!
ReplyDeleteYou should definitely go for that. It's a great goal that will keep you on the piano, and imagine the satisfaction afterwards! :D I'm sure you can do it.
We are officially in the same university (but not program) starting in September, so I hope to see you around then. We should get lunch sometime. :)
Thingbe, you're alive! I thought might have given you too much magic cat food or something!
ReplyDeleteYou terrible tease...how are you not in the same program?? Anyway, you've got to catch up with me one of these days...is it Latvian studies??