An inspired, original competition programme...

[kaveh]

I need to choose at least 2 contrasting pieces, overall duration <15 minutes, for the London Yamaha (amateur) contest.

Any suggestions?

My teacher suggested Mendelsohn's infrequently played Capriccio as the main piece.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Kaveh

[bernhard]

Which one? Mendelssohn wrote a number of them.

[kaveh]

Op 33-1

[dmk]

How about

Dohnanyi Rhapsodies nos 1, 2 or 4

Messiaen Vingt Regards sur L'Enfant-Jesus (some of these)

or if you want Beethoven and something from the 'classical' period try the Variations on an Original Theme in F major op 34, this could be teamed with a short 20th century work like Bartok's Allegro Barbaro???

So many choices!!!

Good luck!!!

dmk

[bernhard]

So many choices???

Yes, this is the problem. Did the organisers provided any sort of boundaries (period, difficulty, style, etc.)? I will be back.

(your teacher has good taste )

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[dmk]

What did you end up going with...so many good choices!!!

The Mendelsshon is wonderful...I had a listen to it last night

Cheers

dmk

[kaveh]

Well, I'm actually aiming for the 2009 contest so I still have a little time to think about it! 

[sauergrandson]

If you like Mendelssohn, Rondó Capriccioso op. 14 is better. It's itself contrasting! Maybe The Arabesques after Blue Danube (Schulz-Evler), or a couple of "Harmonies poetiques et religeuses", of Listz -Funerailles and another.

             

I need to choose at least 2 contrasting pieces, overall duration <15 minutes, for the London Yamaha (amateur) contest.

Any suggestions?

My teacher suggested Mendelsohn's infrequently played Capriccio as the main piece.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Kaveh

[I Love Xenakis]

When choosing a program like this, it's important to remember to not only choose two pieces from different eras but also two pieces that have different types of technical challenges and general sound.  The first rule in choosing repertoire in a program is DON'T BORE THE JUDGES.  Also I'd have to say that's it's probably a bad idea to perform anything that is too obscure in such a short program.  If it were longer you'd have been able to mix some underplayed stuff with common repertoire but I suggest you stay in the realm of things the jury will be easy to judge your performance on.  If I were you I would probably use either a shorter Mozart Sonata (IE K. 280) or Haydn Sonata (Hob:XVI32) or an early romantic piece like a movement from a Beethoven Sonata or a Schubert Impromptu, followed by something in the late romantic or possibly even modern era like a Debussy Etude/Prelude, Liszt Etude (Maybe Un Sospiro or Wauldesrauchen), Rachmaninov Etude/Prelude, Scriabin Etude/Prelude/Mazurka, Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue or something along those lines.


Good luck and have fun ^^