Recital Selections

[Chopins_Fantaisie]

Wanting to have input on the following selections - how would you arrange the pieces on the program? what piece might be chosen to "spice up" the list (there's some "heavy" classics in there - what could be played solo to relieve it?)?

Fantaisie Impromptu - Chopin

Moonlight Sonata, 3rd. Mvmt. - Beethoven

Clair de Lune - Debussy

Prelude No. 1 - Gershwin

Bumble Boogie - Jack Fina

Rondo in G - Mozart

Czardas, with violinist - Montiverdi (?)

Glitter and Be Gay, sung by soprano - (does any know the composer of this piece?)

Canon in D duet

[dj]

wow, never would i have ever imagined those pieces in the same recital as eachother.

[Chopins_Fantaisie]

...what's that supposed to mean?

[sharon_f]

Leonard Berstein composed "Glitter and Be Gay." It's from his opera "Candide".

Monteverdi never wrote a Czardas but a V. Monti did.

If you're having an intermission, I'd end the first half with the Beethoven.

I'd probably start the second half with the Chopin and end with program with the Bernstein.

[nad]

wow, never would i have ever imagined those pieces in the same recital as eachother.

same here.

[Chopins_Fantaisie]

thank you, Sharon_F for your suggestion and the composer name for "Glitter...". much appreciated! also, thank you for the clarification of the composer for Czardas. Monti's is the one i wanted, just couldn't recall the name at the time.

comme- any specific piece by alkan...?  

same here.

again... what do you mean by saying that?

[nad]

Repertory of a recital should at least slightly fit together. I think your recital pieces are quite randomly chosen which makes it come across rather messy. I highly doubt it will do any good.
For example, for a proper recital i'd play a whole sonata instead of a single movement. Or choose another piece. Same thing with pictures at an exhibition for example. For a recital i'd play the whole set and not a just a few.

The order in which pieces are played are usually loosely chronological.

[comme_le_vent]

try le festin d'aesop or the sonatine.

[Dave_2004_G]

Is this a recital you're organising with lots of different people or are you playing it all?

Dave

[Chopins_Fantaisie]

Repertory of a recital should at least slightly fit together. I think your recital pieces are quite randomly chosen which makes it come across rather messy. I highly doubt it will do any good.
For example, for a proper recital i'd play a whole sonata instead of a single movement. Or choose another piece. Same thing with pictures at an exhibition for example. For a recital i'd play the whole set and not a just a few.

The order in which pieces are played are usually loosely chronological.

ahh... okay. thank you for your input. i suppose the selections i've given do look "messy" an unorderly, but this is not a strict, formal, and proper recital.  (*Gasp* the horror!!   ) my intent was to make it a fun student recital with some fun numbers that would be fun for the audience as well. that's why the "rather messy" and "randomly chosen" pieces....

[Chopins_Fantaisie]

Dave -

yeah, i admit, i have to play them all....

[nad]

Aah ok, then its a different story    

[anda]

Repertory of a recital should at least slightly fit together. I think your recital pieces are quite randomly chosen which makes it come across rather messy. I highly doubt it will do any good.
For example, for a proper recital i'd play a whole sonata instead of a single movement. Or choose another piece. Same thing with pictures at an exhibition for example. For a recital i'd play the whole set and not a just a few.

The order in which pieces are played are usually loosely chronological.

definitely!