2024 Musicforever60 repertoire review in approximate chronological order + personal remarks: "+" means recorded and/or posted. "*" means partially/completely learned, but not recorded/posted.
+ Nikolai Medtner: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op.5, 1st + 3rd Movement * Nikolai Medtner: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op.5, 2nd + 4th Movement + Kaikhosru Sorabji: "XI. Fuga IV [Dux Primus]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum + Kaikhosru Sorabji: "XI. Fuga IV [Dux Quartus]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum * Kaikhosru Sorabji: "VIII. Fuga III [Dux Tertius]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum * Kaikhosru Sorabji: "XI. Fuga IV [Dux Alter]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum * Kaikhosru Sorabji: "XI. Fuga IV [Dux Tertius]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum + Kaikhosru Sorabji: "I. Preludio-Corale" from Toccata No.1 * Kaikhosru Sorabji: "II. Passacaglia" from Toccata No.1 + Nikolai Medtner: Sonata-Idyll, Op.56 in G Major + Nikolai Medtner: Sonata-Triade, Op.11, No.1 in Ab Major * Nikolai Medtner: Sonata-Triade, Op.11, No.3 in C Major * Nikolai Medtner: Sonata in G Minor, Op.22 * Nikolai Medtner: Sonata in A Minor, Op.30 * Kaikhosru Sorabji: Villa Tasca (~60 min) + Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No.1, Movements 1, 2a, 3 + Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No.2, Movements 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Complete) * ??? (~15 min) + Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 1, Solo Piano Transcription, Part 1 * Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 1, Solo Piano Transcription, Part 2 + Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme, Act 1, Solo Piano Transcription, Part 1 * Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme, Act 1, Solo Piano Transcription, Part 2 + Frederic Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3, 1st Movement * Frederic Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3, Movements 2, 3, and 4 + Maurice Ravel: Une Barque sur L'Océan + Maurice Ravel: Jeux D'eau * Percy Grainger: ??? + Fartein Valen: Piano Sonata No.2, 1st Movement * Fartein Valen: Piano Sonata No.2, 2nd + 3rd Movement * Fartein Valen: ??? + George Enescu: Piano Sonata No.1, Movements 1, 2, and 3 (Complete) + George Enescu: Piano Sonata No.3, 1st + 2nd Movement * George Enescu: Piano Sonata No.3, 3rd Movement + Fartein Valen: Intermezzo * Kaikhosru Sorabji: ??? (large-scale) * Johann Sebastian Bach: ??? + Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No.2, 1st Movement, Solo Piano Reduction + Béla Bartók: String Quartet No.2, 1st + 2nd Movement, Solo Piano Reduction * Béla Bartók: String Quartet No.2, 3rd Movement, Solo Piano Reduction * ???, String Quartet -> Solo Piano Reduction x 4
(sightread through a ton of other repertoire as well not listed)
Some of the entries marked "*" I would still consider recording, so I want to keep them a surprise.
Alongside all this, this has been a huge huge huge year for work and my main career in Computer Science as a Software Engineer (equally or vastly exceeding that of the above), which has also been in complete alignment with my goals and interests. I have worked exceedingly hard, often with great weariness, to pull off some incredible feats both in music and at work. By always following my instincts, being my authentic self intellectually and emotionally, being strategic and relentlessly goal-driven, and never settling for deceptive falsehood, exploitation, or populist trivialization, I inspire myself to journey forward with full self-actualization. Maybe take this as inspiration, but do not assume it as a free privilege for you to acquire: it is the culmination of an entire life's worth of thinking, connecting, doing, erroring, suffering, growing, and persevering. This, I am grateful for, and am glad to be sharing with you all.
Eric Xi Xin Liang
2024 Musicforever60 repertoire review in approximate chronological order + personal remarks:
"+" means recorded and/or posted. "*" means partially/completely learned, but not recorded/posted.
+ Nikolai Medtner: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op.5, 1st + 3rd Movement
* Nikolai Medtner: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op.5, 2nd + 4th Movement
+ Kaikhosru Sorabji: "XI. Fuga IV [Dux Primus]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum
+ Kaikhosru Sorabji: "XI. Fuga IV [Dux Quartus]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum
* Kaikhosru Sorabji: "VIII. Fuga III [Dux Tertius]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum
* Kaikhosru Sorabji: "XI. Fuga IV [Dux Alter]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum
* Kaikhosru Sorabji: "XI. Fuga IV [Dux Tertius]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum
+ Kaikhosru Sorabji: "I. Preludio-Corale" from Toccata No.1
* Kaikhosru Sorabji: "II. Passacaglia" from Toccata No.1
+ Nikolai Medtner: Sonata-Idyll, Op.56 in G Major
+ Nikolai Medtner: Sonata-Triade, Op.11, No.1 in Ab Major
* Nikolai Medtner: Sonata-Triade, Op.11, No.3 in C Major
* Nikolai Medtner: Sonata in G Minor, Op.22
* Nikolai Medtner: Sonata in A Minor, Op.30
* Kaikhosru Sorabji: Villa Tasca (~60 min)
+ Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No.1, Movements 1, 2a, 3
+ Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No.2, Movements 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Complete)
* ??? (~15 min)
+ Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 1, Solo Piano Transcription, Part 1
* Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 1, Solo Piano Transcription, Part 2
+ Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme, Act 1, Solo Piano Transcription, Part 1
* Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme, Act 1, Solo Piano Transcription, Part 2
+ Frederic Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3, 1st Movement
* Frederic Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3, Movements 2, 3, and 4
+ Maurice Ravel: Une Barque sur L'Océan
+ Maurice Ravel: Jeux D'eau
* Percy Grainger: ???
+ Fartein Valen: Piano Sonata No.2, 1st Movement
* Fartein Valen: Piano Sonata No.2, 2nd + 3rd Movement
* Fartein Valen: ???
+ George Enescu: Piano Sonata No.1, Movements 1, 2, and 3 (Complete)
+ George Enescu: Piano Sonata No.3, 1st + 2nd Movement
* George Enescu: Piano Sonata No.3, 3rd Movement
+ Fartein Valen: Intermezzo
* Kaikhosru Sorabji: ??? (large-scale)
* Johann Sebastian Bach: ???
+ Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No.2, 1st Movement, Solo Piano Reduction
+ Béla Bartók: String Quartet No.2, 1st + 2nd Movement, Solo Piano Reduction
* Béla Bartók: String Quartet No.2, 3rd Movement, Solo Piano Reduction
* ???, String Quartet -> Solo Piano Reduction x 4
(sightread through a ton of other repertoire as well not listed)
Some of the entries marked "*" I would still consider recording, so I want to keep them a surprise.
Alongside all this, this has been a huge huge huge year for work and my main career in Computer Science as a Software Engineer (equally or vastly exceeding that of the above), which has also been in complete alignment with my goals and interests. I have worked exceedingly hard, often with great weariness, to pull off some incredible feats both in music and at work. By always following my instincts, being my authentic self intellectually and emotionally, being strategic and relentlessly goal-driven, and never settling for deceptive falsehood, exploitation, or populist trivialization, I inspire myself to journey forward with full self-actualization. Maybe take this as inspiration, but do not assume it as a free privilege for you to acquire: it is the culmination of an entire life's worth of thinking, connecting, doing, erroring, suffering, growing, and persevering. This, I am grateful for, and am glad to be sharing with you all.
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