Suggestions for recital

[pianohopper]

I have a recital coming up in about a month.  I have already decided to play Chopin's Etude Op. 25 No. 6, but since this piece is only about two minutes long, I feel this is not enough.  (It is not a solo recital.)  I was considering Op. 10 No. 6 to go along with it, since it is possible to learn in about a month, and not as technically challenging. 

Also, I am working on Ravel's Forlane from Le Tombeau de Couperin.  It is a longer piece, so if I were to play this, would it be better to play Forlane first, and finish dramatically with the Etude, or give a final impression of more interprative style? 

Any other suggestions, such as a Bach Prelude & Fugue would be welcome.

Also:  Would it be tacky to play a fugue without the prelude, or vice-versa?

[stevie]

randomly, scriabin's op12no2, its awesome, randomly

[dmk]

Also:  Would it be tacky to play a fugue without the prelude, or vice-versa?

good call...very tacky @ a recital to play and Prelude without a Fugue or a Fugue without a Prelude....they are inseperable @ this level!!!! just like peas and carrots as Forrest Gump would say

cheers

dmk

[palika dunno]

I have a recital coming up in about a month.

why don't you play the waldstein sonata? 

[pianohopper]

why don't you play the waldstein sonata? 

Played that at the last one.

[palika dunno]

Played that at the last one.

I see.

[arensky]

Forlane/op.25 #6. Or the other way around possibly, whichever you feel more comfortable with. They make a nice pair, don't try to learn something completely new in a month, go with what you've got so you put your best foot forward.

[arensky]

Also:  Would it be tacky to play a fugue without the prelude, or vice-versa?

It seems you are in college in a Piano performance program, and at any rate you are at an advanced level of study; the Preludes and Fugues are now inseperable, or should be....

[pianohopper]

It seems you are in college in a Piano performance program....

actually, I am a high school sophomore.  I wasn't sure about the preludes & fuges because I thought I read somewhere they were not written together.  I probably misread it. 

why don't you play the waldstein sonata?

No, I see.  You were making a "joke".  Very amusing.

[palika dunno]

No, I see.  You were making a "joke".  Very amusing.

really?  thanks! 
btw, when will you post your second recording of the waldstein sonata? didn't you say that you will?

[arensky]

actually, I am a high school sophomore.  I wasn't sure about the preludes & fuges because I thought I read somewhere they were not written together.  I probably misread it. 

Not written together; interesting, I wonder where you read that?  But they do belong together, they're planned out that way. Who knows what the creative process and compositional habits of J.S. were, we don't really know...anyway it's expectd in advanced circles that you play both, and you should.

BTW you write very well and are quite well spoken for a 10th grader. I just assumed because of that you were four years older!