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Title: If you were an adjudicator, which piece would you rather hear?
Post by: japanesepianist on June 17, 2013, 10:45:31 PM

Rachmaninoff Prelude in C# Minor
OR
Chopin "Grande Valse Brillante"

Title: Re: For an audition for Classical Piano, which piece would you rather hear?
Post by: asiantraveller101 on June 17, 2013, 10:55:38 PM

If I were the adjudicator of LACHSA, I wouldn't care so long as the repertoire is well prepared and played with finesse. Sadly to say that both pieces are often not well-presented. If you want to impress, play also the corresponding fugue to the prelude.
Good luck.
PS. "Waves" by Bloch is a wonderful piece. Too bad you were not into it. Likewise, Rach's Elegie.  :(

Title: Re: For an audition for Classical Piano, which piece would you rather hear?
Post by: j_menz on June 18, 2013, 12:09:37 AM

I'd rather hear you play something you relate to and through which you have something to say. The actual piece is immaterial.