Encore after Mozart K466

[pianoamit]

Hello everyone...

I'm playing Mozart's D minor Piano Concerto K466 in a couple of weeks. I'm quite set in my head on performing an encore after it.

Do you think it is ok for a soloist to give an encore after a concerto performance?

What do you think is a suitable encore after K466?

Seeing as the rest of the programme is the Dvorak Nocturne for Strings and the 8th Symphony (YES! - not the 9th for a change), I was thinking of the Dvorak Furiant from the Poeticke Nalady... It's a bit of a show piece, and would fit, I think.

Thank you for your time...

Amit

[anda]

it's ok to perform a solo encore, but i wouldn't play dvorak after a mozart concerto (even if the symphony is by dvorak). i think playing mozart would be most suitable - maybe la tartine beurre, or alla turca, or other "hit".
(imho)

best luck with your concert

[pianistimo]

seems that everything else would be a let down after a piano concerto?  also, how do you plan to get everyone off the stage (without a tremendous amount of noise) - and be ready to play an encore so fast?  or, will they all stay on stage?

could you play something that would include the first violin?  just curious.  seems that you might be neglecting the 1/2 of applause toward the orchestra if you play right afterwards - but, then again, if you are really a great pianist - the pianists will surely enjoy hearing more.  hmm.  if i HAD to play an encore - i would play something that at least included the first violin. 

[pianoamit]

I don't believe that including the first violin is common practise... The way I know it, the orchestra sits on stage and waits...

I remember distinctly, watching a performance of Chopin 2 (which is actually 1, I know, but don't let's go down that road) whereafter the soloist bowed, went offstage, came back on, and sat down and played the D minor prelude (chopin's D minor prelude). And that was amazing... So  I don't know about neglecting half of the applause...

[teresa_b]

I find the Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 32 no 12 in G# minor is a nice "dessert" after a wonderful Mozart repast.  Short, completely different, impressive enough, but not overly flashy or trying to steal the thunder from Mozart.

Teresa

[stevehopwood]

It is far better to leave the audience with the last few bars of an exciting finale in their mind. There is no solo encore you could play that will not seem either lame, or pointless, or possibly even both.

The audience will let you know if they want to hear more. They will either: keep on clapping and recalling you to the platform; or they will vocally demand more.

The usual encore to play under these circumstances is a few minutes of the concerto finale. You would need to agree a starting point with the conductor beforehand.

Good luck with the performance. I hope you enjoy yourself.

Steve 

[emmdoubleew]

Alla turca Volodos paraphrases 

[elias89]

Volodos gives up to 3 or 4 encores after a piano concerto...

[elevateme]

fazil say: jazz fantasy on mozart (rondo alla turca)

[sharon_f]

If you stick with Mozart, either the D minor Fantasie. Same key, more contemplative, not very long. Or the last movement of the K. 332. It's in the relative major and probably the closest Mozart ever came to writing a purely virtuosic piece of piano music. (Don't take the repeats.)

[tds]

It is far better to leave the audience with the last few bars of an exciting finale in their mind. There is no solo encore you could play that will not seem either lame, or pointless, or possibly even both.

The audience will let you know if they want to hear more. They will either: keep on clapping and recalling you to the platform; or they will vocally demand more.

The usual encore to play under these circumstances is a few minutes of the concerto finale. You would need to agree a starting point with the conductor beforehand.

Good luck with the performance. I hope you enjoy yourself.

Steve 

i totally agree with steve. repeating the last few minutes of the finale is ideal. now, if the audience wants more, then u can give your solo encore.