[Tall Guy]

It’s not too late, Thor. My 85 year old father-in-law is taking lessons, although he told me last time we saw him that he didn’t practice enough.

And there’s the problem. I, like a lot of people, would love to play the piano (or keyboard of some kind – who has the space for a grand, or even an upright?) but I probably couldn’t keep up the work required.

I do love the sound of the piano. Some favourite works:

Rachmaninov, 2nd piano concerto. Modernist and magnificently melodious, everyone loves this.
Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues. Quirky, more personal than the symphonies.
Ifukube, Ritmica Ostinata. A 21-minute marathon for a pianist with fingers of steel, I can’t recommend this enough, especially if all you know of Ifukube is the Godzilla music.

If you’re looking for film scores heavily featuring the piano, Morricone’s The Legend of 1900 may be for you, although not all the piano stuff is by Ennio.