Go Play Project

In January 2012 I made a commitment to recording one piece a week for what I’m calling my Go Play Project. Originally the goal was to conquer my tendency to procrastinate and tell myself that I just wasn’t ready. That the music wasn’t perfect yet. Well, guess what? I realized that it’s never perfect. And that there’s no time like the present to dive in and Go Play.

The Rules

The music I choose to play is all music I love. Some pieces I’ve worked on before and even performed. Others are still works in progress. All are short. (Saving the big pieces for 2013!)

No matter what stage of preparation I’m in I’ll post a new piece every Sunday evening.

The Music

#1: Nocturne in c# minor – Chopin (listen)

#2: Etude Op. 72 No. 6 in F – Moszkowski (listen)

#3: Sonatine: II Mouvement de Menuet – Ravel (listen)

#4: Nocturne in b flat minor Op. 9 No. 1 – Chopin (listen)

#5: Etude Tableau Op. 33 No. 2 – Rachmaninoff (listen)

#6: Nocturne Op. 54 No. 4 – Grieg (listen)

#7: Nocturne in c# minor Op. 27 No. 1 – Chopin (listen)

#8: Sheep May Safely Graze – Bach-Petri (listen)

#9: Intermezzo Op. 119 No. 3 – Brahms (listen)

#10: Sarabande from “Pour le Piano” – Debussy (listen)

#11: Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 (Minute Waltz) – Chopin (listen)

#12: Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66 – Chopin (listen)

#13: Papillons Op. 2 – Schumann (1/3) (listen)

#14: Papillons Op. 2 – Schumann (2/3) (listen)

#15: Papillons Op. 2 – Schumann (3/3) (listen)

#16: Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight” (Adagio Sostenuto) by Beethoven (listen)

#17: Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight: (2nd Movement) – Beethoven (listen)

#18: Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight: (3rd Movement) – Beethoven (listen)

#19: Etude Tableau Op. 33 No. 8 in G minor – Rachmaninoff (listen)

#20: Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2 – Chopin (listen)

#21: Sonata in E major – Scarlatti (listen)

#22: Intermezzo Op. 119 No. 1 – Brahms (listen)

#23: La fille au cheveux de lin – Debussy (listen)

#24: Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in e minor – Chopin (listen)

#25: Prelude Op. 32 No. 5 in G major – Rachmaninoff (listen)

#26: La Valse d’Amelie – Yann Tiersen (listen)

#27: Sonata in C K 545 1st movement – Mozart (listen)

#28: Prelude in G# Op. 32 No. 12 – Rachmaninoff (listen)

#29: Sonata in C – Scarlatti (listen)

#30: On the Overgrown Path 11 – Leoš Janáček (listen)

#31: On an Overgrown Path 10 “Sýček neodletěl! – The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away!” - Leoš Janáček (listen)

#32: Gymnopedie #1 – Satie (listen)

#33: Nocturne No. 21 in c minor – Chopin (listen)

#34: La plus que lente – Debussy (listen)

#35: Mazurka Op 68 No 2 – Chopin (listen)

#36: Prelude XV in G – Bach (listen)

#37: Metamorphosis One – Philip Glass (listen)

#38: Waltz Op 69 No 2 – Chopin (listen)

#39: Adagio – Bach/Marcello (listen)

#40: On An Overgrown Path #7 – “Dobrou Noc – Good Night” – Leoš Janáček (listen)

#41: Gnossienne No 3 – Satie (listen)

#42: On an Overgrown Path #9 “In Tears” – Leoš Janáček (listen)

#43: Waltz in E major (Posthumous) – Chopin (listen)

#44: On an Overgrown Path #2 “A blown-away leaf” – Leoš Janáček (listen)

#45: Milonga – Alberto Ginastera (listen)

#46: Prelude Op 11 No 5 – Scriabin (listen)

#47: Fairy Tale Op 51 No 2 – Medtner (listen)

#48: Traumerei – Schumann (listen)

$49: Prelude Op 11 No 15 – Scriabin (listen)

“The way Shefski writes about playing piano makes me believe I love playing piano too, even though I’ve never mastered much beyond Chopsticks on a toy keyboard. But she loves what she does. And now, with this project, she is actually doing it.“ Amy Shearn for Oprah.com (read the whole article)

One Response to Go Play Project

LouiseJuly 20, 2012 at 7:37 pm

Once again we are pretty much on the same page, but you are 6 months ahead of me. It is great to hear you play again.

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