Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise 5
in F-sharp Minor, Op. 44

(UPDATE) Chopin Prelude Vs Etude Vs Polonaise by joshua1849
An update on my latest post, I've decided not to go for the Ballade by Chopin and am cuurently left deciding between his etude op10 no.11, his prelude 'Hades' opus 24 no.16 and his polonaise op44 in...

Chopin f sharp minor polonaise and liszt tarantella by the green piano man
I will have a solo recital in august around 1,5 hours. I  will play henle 7 grade pieces except the liszt 12.rhapsody(henle 9) but I picked these now. What do you think, how hard are they and will it get...

Which Chopin piece to learn for a competition by virtuoso_pianist
Hello there! I have a piano competition in August and I have to learn a Chopin major work for one of the sections I am competing in. I was thinking of learning maybe the F-sharp minor polonaise or the Scherzo...

Which Chopin piano piece to learn for competitions by virtuoso_pianist
Hello there! I have a piano competition in August and I have to learn a Chopin major work for one of the sections I am competing in. I was thinking of learning maybe the F-sharp minor polonaise or the Scherzo...

suggestions to fill gaps in repetoire? by cansteam
Hi, I've been a pianist since 2018 and over the last half year I've made a significant jump in the difficulty of pieces I'm playing. In early-mid 2021 I was learning pieces like Allegro...

Conservatory Audition Repertoire by khanngtma
Hey guys! I'm going to be applying to music schools for Fall 2022 as a Piano Performance Major. Here's what I intend to present as my audition material. Some of these are already done, and some are...

Embarassing concert stories by lelle
Welcome to my thread for sharing stories about embarassing/weird things you have done during a piano performance! During these covid times, we could all use a laugh, so if you got a story, feel free to share it...

Practicing Chopin's Op. 44 Polonaise by motisy
Hi all, I recently started practicing the Op. 44 Polonaise (in f#) and am running into a rhythmic issue in mm. 61 - 64.  That is, I'm not sure where the beats fall in the ascending f#...

Competition repertoire suggestions by verkem
Hi everyone, So I'm looking for about 10minutes of repertoire to fit in the 60 minute recital stage of the competition. The other pieces I'm doing in this stage are: Beethoven...

Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61 difficulties by paxxx17
Hey everyone, I was lurking these forums for quite a while I'm now studying chemistry at university (piano only as a hobby since musical high school). I'm bored, so I want to start a discussion...

Concert Pianists Who Messed Up In Competitions by chopinawesome
Hi I have found a video of Irene Veneziano playing Chopin's Polonaise Op.44. She seems to have stumbled around 5:28-ish. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx1QUeDaHv0 I wouldn't say...

Chopin Polonaise Op.44(sample) by mjames
So I've been working on this polonaise on and off for the past few weeks and it's starting to sound like music but, I haven't fully committed to it. It's a long piece, a long project, and...

Chopin Repertoire by berman
Hey folks, I have a question here, I want a rather big Chopin repertoire (maybe 1 hour or so) and this is what i already have: Scherzo no. 3 op. 39 Polonaise op. 44 Etude op. 10 no. 5

Polonaise op.44 (Middle Section before Mazurka) by mcast
I wasn't sure whether to post this topic here or in the Repertoire section, so please forgive my ignorance.  I am currently working my way through Chopin's Polonaise in F#...

chopin polonaise in f# minor opus 44 by lohshuhan
hello peeps!!!  can i just check 2 things from this piece?   1) in the left hand of bar 61 and the subsequent bars, are the runs supposed to be played in time with the right hand?  or is it...