Tentative Audition Repertoire

[kriskicksass]

Bach: Prelude and Fuge in g minor (WTC Book I)
Beethoven: Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Opus 109
Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in b-flat minor, Opus 31
Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major Opus 25 No. 1
Debussy: The Children's Corner (Complete)

Do you guys think this will pass for college auditions? I don't have to audition until next fall, so I have some time to change things around if I have to.
Unfortunately, my teacher won't let me switch out the Scherzo (initially he was gonna let me switch it out for either the A-flat Ballade or the E Major Scherzo, but he changed his mind), and I'm not changing sonatas.

My teacher is also pushing me to play the Gershwin Preludes rather than the Children's Corner because I've already played 1 and 2 and I'm throwing 3 together for an American piece requirement in a competition, but I'd rather not. He also said that he'd rather I put together a group of preludes instead of playing the complete Children's Corner because making a group requires more of an artistic decision than simply deciding to play the complete something.

I'm mostly concerned with the etude. The Aeolian Harp Etude is supposed to be the easiest one, and that doesn't bode well with me, even if it is the tone color etude (colors are my specialty). I've been thinking that I might be able to make a splash at auditions if I were to take an etude by one of the lesser-known early romantic pianist/composers and do a little romantic rewriting.  Any suggestions?

[panic]

25/1 might be one of the easiest, but it contains so much more that you almost forget it's an etude if you really put musical effort into it. It can almost be a consolation if carried across that way.

As far as romantic rewriting, do you mean like playing 10/1 backwards or something (which I'm going to try someday)?

[kriskicksass]

Playing 10/1 backwards? Do you mean the chord progression backwards or actually all the notes in reverse order? Either way, that sounds fun.

And as for rewriting, I was thinking more along the lines of rewriting textures or doubling notes or stuff like that. I would never do that with more popular music because most of the important composers didn't want their music being messed around with (the most notable exception being Liszt). Maybe some of the etudes by that one composer Horowitz liked to use for encores...it's eastern european and starts with an M. I'll figure it out.