I am in desparate need of some party pieces for piano. Can any pianists please suggest something? I am grade 8 standard (does that mean anything in the US?) so for example I can play the first movement of the Beethoven op 10 no 2 in F major up to speed and the Pathetique (which I am working on at the moment) is showing light at the end of the tunnel. I was thinking along the lines of something American (perhaps Bernstein? if he wrote anything suitable for piano). Maybe Rach if he wrote anything fun. I was also thinking about the Maple Leaf Rag but I am not a great Rag Fan. Possibly popular as well. I was looking for Jerry Lee Lewis's Great balls of fire but only found piss easy simplifications of it - need big glisses etc. Anyway something nice and diatonic. The Pathetique is a masterpiece to be sure but (with all due respect to Mr B) it's not exactly what you'd call fun. I suppose you could try Schoenberg just for the weirdness factor... David Stewart [log in to unmask]