what to do

[contrapunctus]

I am a sophomore in high school and I am going to audition for my state's governor's school (a five week thing over the summer where you live in dorms and go to college-style piano classes and stuff to that nature). I do not expect to get in mainly because they usually except juniors, howerever I decided that I will audition anyway, if just for the experience.

Anyways, I need two contrasting pieces that last from 5-10 minutes total. It suggested a single classical piano sonata movement and a romantic era piece (similar to a Chopin Nocturn or a Brahms Intermezzo). The total audition needs to show cantabile singing style playing and some tech. flashes. I can play Brahms Op. 118/2 and Chopin 9/2 already but I think those are a bit over played, and I don't know about the sonata movement: I was thinking of Beethoven's Kurfursten sonatas to play from. I have a little over 2 months to learn, memorize, and perfect which is more than enough time for those types of pieces.

Thanks

[arensky]

Skip the the Chopin, it's hackneyed. The Brahms is played a lot but is not really hackneyed, and shows a lot of what a pianist can or cannot do, i.e. inner voices, phrasing, dynamic and tonal control, emotional involvement. Keep it, it is not considered to be an easy piece although it is played a lot. And that is because it is beautiful.

Keep the Brahms, focus on Beethoven. Vas ist das "Kurfersten" ? I do not recall any "Electoral" or "Electorate" Sonatas among the 32. Please explain....

[contrapunctus]

The Kurfursten sonatas are three sonatas  that  Beethoven wrote but don't have opus numbers, they have more of a calssical period taste rather than a romantic period taste.

I was wondering what would be a good classical sonata movement to play.

[burstroman]

Mozart, Gigue in g major, Chopin, Prelude in A flat major.