I am looking for crazy intense and fast piano music. Can anybody suggest any?

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Mark Maney
Edmonton Chinese Baptist Church
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Trinity Western University, ACTS Seminaries
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

How about Bumble Bee?

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sarah
WI
OPC
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Bach has some great harpsichord concerti with rip-roaring finales. As well, many of the pieces found in the Well-Tempered Clavier, two and three part inventions, and sections of the Goldberg variations are quite stunning.

I like Bach.

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Adam J. Myer
Slated for the Jan. 10th Chaplains Basic Officer Leadership Course
Estacada Christian Church
Sandy, Oregon

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Fantasia-Impromptu Op. 66 by Chopin is a technically-demanding and spirited piece in parts.

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Kevin, husband of a truly angelic woman, and father to ten.
Zion United Reformed Church of Sheffield
Ontario, Canada

Liszt's La Campanella.

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Laura
member of Geneva OPC, Woodstock, GA
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Beethoven's 5th piano concerto, "Emperor".

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Prokofiev's Piano Sonata #3, Op.28. Here is the first movement:

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Rev. Toby L. Brown, pastor
Jefferson Center Presbyterian Church--in, but not of, the PC(USA)
Saxonburg, PA
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"The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which God is also highly exalted." --Jonathan Edwards

Have you heard of Jon Schmidt's Waterfall? It's pretty fast-ten pages in three minutes- and nice sounding, but not really "crazy intense."







This is kind of a late reply to this topic, but I was working on this song today, and thought it might fit the description.

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Breanna
WPC
USA

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For an example of crazy intense and fast piano music hear this:

or

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I once sat in darkness, and waited for the sun to shine.
I once sat in darkness, when all the light I'd waited for was gone.
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Don't know if you want to play it or just listen, but this is one of my favorites.

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Rich Brown
Deacon/Webmaster
Aisquith PCA
Parkville, MD

OK, digital piano & keyboard combo.

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Rich Koster
1689'er
Browns Mills NJ USA
Often Goofy Reformed Eccentric
Romans 7:14-25

Hre's another one-

Beethoven's Rage Over A Lost Penny:


Theognome

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Bill Cunningham
Covenant Reformed Church, URC
Kansas City
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anything by Scott Joplin is a challenge.

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Rangerus
Southern Baptist
Austin, TX
Teacher and Volunteer
1689 LBCF & BF&M 2000

I've played that, and it's really not overly difficult to learn. The other stuff on this thread? Monsters. Shear monsters.

Theognome

For crazy fast and intense, I would recommend the following: Chopin etudes, many of which are crazy (not to mention almost impossible to play well), and the Heroic Polonnaise, Rachmaninoff Preludes and Etudes Tableaux (same as Chopin, though, as with Chopin, not all of them are fast). Mendelssohn's Rondo Cappriccioso is a wonderful piece. There are many, many Liszt pieces that fit this bill. The Mephisto Waltz number 1 is really fun, as is the Sonata in b minor (probably the most intense and rewarding piece I have ever played). Saint-Saens has the Carnival of the Animals, where the donkeys from Tibet have to take pride of place for crazy and intense. Also, the piano concertos by Johann Nepomuk Hummel have to fall in there someplace. There are many Bach pieces: Brandenburg Concerto number 5 has a really wicked cadenza. The concerto for three harpsichords is also wonderful. The Mozart a minor piano sonata is also crazy and intense. You can probably get a gander at most of these pieces on YouTube.

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Rev. Lane Keister
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Crazy, intense & fast....... with Keith Emerson already on the list, I'll add another: Jordan Rudess, classically trained piano prodigy who plays progressive rock but is very diverse stylistically. I think this vid summs him up pretty well.

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Cameron Prather
Particular Baptist/LBCF 1689
Martinsville, Indiana

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Very difficult yes, wicked no. That cadenza is one of the most joyous bits of music I know. Here's Gustav Leonhart's take on it.

Chopin has some crazy stuff.

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Steven Nemes
Phoenix, AZ

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Alright, since everyone else is posting vids I will have to post one of my favorites as well. I could listen to Gould play variation 26 all day long. Bach's music just lifts the heart so well!

Wow, thanks everybody! This is some really great stuff!!