What else could i learn?

[Davek]

my rep:
schumann phantasiestucke
mozart's fantasy dminor
" " adagio bminor
mozart piano concerto in A Major no.23
bach 18 short preludes
bach 25 inventions
beethoven sonata op.27 no2 all three movements
romance -sibelius
scherzo-mendelssohn
rach prelude c#minor ( gminor -memorizing)
chopin ballade op.23(wow that coda is a killer! )-memorizing
chopin waltz c# minor,a-minor and some other easy ones
chopin etude #3 op.10, etc.


so what other peices should i learn and not a concerto i think that i will take other peoples advice and do those in 12th grade. i was thinking of islamey but then again that is really hard i have herd, i can sight read it through reallllllllllllllly slow but i don't know. any comments would be helpful.
and  could someone give me a general idea of what level i am at. the peices i mentioned above are concert ready my teacher said and i feel the same except for the ones i'm memorizing!  


David King- Thank You All In Advance!


oh yeah Joe Townley when you were younger what did you do to gain the technique to play rach's 3rd concerto? just asking i don't plan on playing it anytime soon.

[Davek]

also right now i am looking at chopin's sonata number 1 op.4 and i sight read the first movement and about 2 pages of the others and i don't think that it is hard technique wise..ah  maybe music wise. what do you guys (and gals) think, my teacher said that it is hard but i can do it and i just wanted more info from other pianists. why do people think that this peice is very technical, there are some spots but every peice has their hard spots. i don't know i really wanna do the peice but so many people say thats its soo technical, from what i have done is my technique good enough for the peice or not? :-/

[Davek]

anyone?

[Pianist]

Hmm, how do you feel about adding some contemporary music to your collection?  There are several works by Bartok for solo piano that are delightful...

[Davek]

hmm. thanks i didn't even thing of that, i think i will .

[jdskee]

Im guessing those Bach preludes are not WTK preludes. WTK is considered standard repertoire. Check out the prelude/fuge sets from WKT1: C minor is well known, D major is nice, as is G major. Then you can go to the Toccatas (e minor and c minor BTW914 and 911 respectively).

Barber's Ballade is a nice piece too for 20th century.

No Chopin Preludes?

Id also think about adding another sonata (Beethoven or other) to your list. Op 27 No 2 is very well known, but like my teacher says it has the same problem that Op.13 does: every potential judicator for competitions or auditions has probably played it or heard it since they were very young and has his/her own particular bias as to how it should be played. That will probably influence their assesment of your performance. Personally I think it also suffers from what happens when you hear a song on the radio for the 500th time that day, the first movement in particular, all of which go against you because you really have to make it a very special performance.

Why is your teacher not making recommendations as to what to start next?

[Davek]

thanks, she did but i just wanted other peoples suggestions. thanks a lot though!

p.s. i have played a couple of preludes by chopin.