Debussy- Feux d'artifice

[thorn]

Would this work as an undergrad audition piece if played well?

Or is it one of those pieces that is always made a mess of and the panels will have heard a million people attempt?

Im confident that i will be able to play it well enough but at the same time i dont want to make things harder for myself than they need to be.

[pita bread]

I don't think that piece is often played at auditions at all.

By the way, long time no post. How's it going?

[thorn]

its going well thanks, started to look round music colleges and im doing dipABRSM in July so im pretty excited about things to be honest   

i should post more really- i will make more of an effort from now on

[dnephi]

It's pretty freakishly hard.  I don't think it's played too often :p.

[thorn]

thanks- i think im going to do it

i took it to my teacher today and he said that me and this piece suit each other. no idea what he meant by that but it's a good thing if im using it for audition right?

[fnork]

Good audition piece. Don't know how hard it is, but don't practice the glissandos too much!

[kriskicksass]

My teacher wanted me to play it for undergrad auditions, but it didn't work out. Great piece, though, and he told me that nobody ever plays it for undergrad because it's too hard.

[thorn]

ive been practising this piece a lot now, but have also been looking at the other preludes and i now cant decide whether to do this one or bk 1 nr 7- does that get played a lot at audition does anyone know?