My high school program

[eduard]

What do you think about my high school program?

J.S. Bach: Prelude and fugue f-moll, Book II
J. Haydn: Sonata Hob. XVI/50 in C major
F. Liszt: Paganini etude in E major
J. Brahms: Intermezzo op. 118/2
S. Prokofiev: Ten pieces from Romeo and Juliet, op. 75: Scene and The Montagues and Capulets 

[cherub_rocker1979]

I just don't see how a bunch of high school students could sit through all of that.  I once played Chopin's Etude op. 25 no. 10 at a talent show and they could barely sit through it; to them it seemed like if it was so long.

[gonzalo]

I just don't see how a bunch of high school students could sit through all of that.  I once played Chopin's Etude op. 25 no. 10 at a talent show and they could barely sit through it; to them it seemed like if it was so long.

And you should play something more familiar with non musicians ( but still classical)

[eduard]

I just don't see how a bunch of high school students could sit through all of that.  I once played Chopin's Etude op. 25 no. 10 at a talent show and they could barely sit through it; to them it seemed like if it was so long.

I am 17. I think, if you talent and if you have a good teacher, this program is not so difficulty. Etude op. 25 no. 10 is hardest. 

[cherub_rocker1979]

I am 17. I think, if you talent and if you have a good teacher, this program is not so difficulty. Etude op. 25 no. 10 is hardest. 

I am not talking about  the difficulty of the pieces you are playing.  I'm saying that teenagers cannot sit and listen to classical music.

[gruffalo]

esecially the bach haydn and brahms. i think they would only maybe be minutely interested in the prokofiev and liszt. but not the others.

[infectedmushroom]

It's a nice program, but I have to agree with gruffalo and cherub_rocker1979; this is boring for teenagers to listen to. A lot of teenagers don't care about classical music and stuff. Play a Chopin Etude and they are bored after 1 minute already, but if you play something famous, like Maroon5 - This Love, the teenagers will think you're a great painoplayer.... Well that's my experience.

[jamie_liszt]

If you want to play classical music to high school students, maybe choose a piece that has half and half, some for teachers and some for students (i gather your playing to students and teachers), Hungarian rhapsody no 2 has a nice slow bit that the older teachers will like, the students may get a little bored but then hit them with the friska and everyone will love it, people recognize this piece even if they dont know classical music.

There is always Scott Joplin Maybe the entertainer. Or maybe some Video game music or TV Themes like the simpsons, everybody loves raymond.

When i play at my school i play stuff like, mario, final fantasy, halo theme, simpsons, and for classical maybe liszt sometimes chopin, i played heroic polonaise and they enjoyed it, i guess because they have heard it before, the students i play for they dont care if its classical or what, they just like seeing me play. Oh they hate slow emotional stuff, yucky. I choose the difficult hard stuff.

[clef]

It's a nice program, but I have to agree with gruffalo and cherub_rocker1979; this is boring for teenagers to listen to. A lot of teenagers don't care about classical music and stuff. Play a Chopin Etude and they are bored after 1 minute already, but if you play something famous, like Maroon5 - This Love, the teenagers will think you're a great painoplayer.... Well that's my experience.

maybe at public schools, but its much different at my school.  Those who dare to whisper in a concert are taken out and made to dig holes for three hours in the heat every saturday for a month...