Conservatory Audition

[ahkow]

What would you play to audition at a conservatory?
There are 5 pieces to play, 1) Etude, 2) Classical Sonata, 3) 20th Century Work, 4) WTC, 5) a work from the Romantic period.

I'm thinking of playing
1) Feux Follets
4) Prelude and Fugue in C# Minor No. 4 (Book 1)
5) Chopin Ballade No. 3

I haven't decided on the others yet.

[thierry13]

I have to play : 1) A classical sonata OR a baroque work 2) an etude OR piece of virtuosity 3) a romantic and lyrical piece

I'll be doing Beethoven op.7 sonata (1st and 2nd mvts for auditions probably), scriabin etude op.42 no.5 , and Mendelssohn's variations sérieuses. If I would have had to play a 20th century work I would have played prokofiev's toccata. As for the WTC ... I don't know, never did any HAHA I only learned the E minor Toccata ... I began the A minor one from the 1st book tough but switched to scarlatti ... tough I think it would be a very good one to audition with, very straigthforward prelude and great fugue, the way it should be !

[ahkow]

Which university are you auditioning for? I looked at a few of their websites and most required 5 pieces. I only learned the D Major toccata BWV 912. I dont know much about Bach too. I was listening through the WTC and found the C# Minor Prelude and fugue nice, and it's not as famous as the C minor so I chose it.

The A Minor P&F is in Gr 8 of ABRSM i think. I've heard from my teacher that the Fugue is tough, and like you said, the prelude is easy. 

[dnephi]

You can play Feux Follets? :O:O:O:O:O

My 4th and 5th fingers don't move that fast.

Best of luck!

Daniel

[optima]

what's  "WTC?"  Does it stand for world trade center?

it depends on the conservatory - i had to play pieces from all chronical periods( baroque(bach), classical sonata(beethoven), romatic(fantasie - Impromptu(Chopin) and a modern etc..if there is no problem choose what you like most -if you play Feux Follets play that and good luck - i havn't played Liszt yet!

[amelialw]

what's  "WTC?"  Does it stand for world trade center?

it depends on the conservatory - i had to play pieces from all chronical periods( baroque(bach), classical sonata(beethoven), romatic(fantasie - Impromptu(Chopin) and a modern etc..if there is no problem choose what you like most -if you play Feux Follets play that and good luck - i havn't played Liszt yet!

LOL, WTC is obviously the well-tempered clavier by J.S Bach

[ahkow]

also, P&F = Prelude and Fugue (Probably assumed to be Bach's if unspecified)
and TE = Transcendental Etudes (Liszt)
Just naming a few

[ganymed]

isnt the official akronym for well tempered klavier WK in german

[optima]

also, P&F = Prelude and Fugue (Probably assumed to be Bach's if unspecified)
and TE = Transcendental Etudes (Liszt)
Just naming a few

  to understand one another

[desordre]

LOL, WTC is obviously the well-tempered clavier by J.S Bach

Miss Amelia:
 Could you be more polite, just for a change?
 Thank you.

[desordre]

 Dear Akhow:
 I think your program is very good indeed: Feux, the Chopin... rock and roll, babe!
 About the missing parts, you have two options: go standard or not. To fit your level, a Beethoven sonata (something like 81a, 53 or the like) would be perfect, together with some Debussy, Rachmaninoff or Prokofiev. However, depending where you plan to apply a good idea would be a different choice. Play Schubert and Berg's opus 1, or go weird and choose something very odd.
 Best wishes, and very good luck!

[amelialw]

Miss Amelia:
 Could you be more polite, just for a change?
 Thank you.

excuse me, i've always been polite. it's just that I really was laughing because optima said world trade centre

[instromp]

what's  "WTC?"  Does it stand for world trade center?

Lol   

[desordre]

excuse me, i've always been polite. it's just that I really was laughing because optima said world trade centre

Sorry too then. It was not the first time I thought you're being rude, but it seems that I was misunderstanding you.
 Accept my most sincere apologies.
 Best wishes!
 

[thierry13]

excuse me, i've always been polite. it's just that I really was laughing because optima said world trade centre

If you read carefully how he quoted you, you will see that the impolite thing you said was not the "LOL" but well the "obviously". But, I don't think that was too impolite because it WAS obvious. So both of you didn't need all those excuses

[ahkow]

To add to my list, PC = Piano Concerto.
Which do you think is harder? Liszt HR (Hungarian rhapsody) No. 2 or Feux Follets? I seem to be having some trouble with the former but not the latter.

[thierry13]

Feux follets is definitely way harder and way more impressive than HR2 ... I can't understand how you can find it easier than the HR2 ... anyways, good for you, do play feux follets.

[ahkow]

i cant really play chords. At a few places in the HR there the chord keeps changing at fast speed which is really hard for me. Basically i find pieces with fast chords tough

[optima]

  of course i was kidding for WTC..

but don't forget that not all of us are english speakers  - in my country the abbreviations are not used that often - now i am becoming more familiar with forum langueages

[point of grace]

waw...
maybe having all those difficult pieces, you could choose for the 20th century the Debussy´s first arabesque. IT´S REALLY LOVELY, and relatively easy to play... and above all RELAXING!!!!