Suggest an etude for my program

[pita bread]

Hey everyone, I'm finishing up a transfer audition program but am still missing an etude.

My current program:

Bach WTC Book I #18, g#minor
Beethoven Sonata #28, Op. 101
Brahms Op. 118 #1,2,6

What etudes do you guys think would go well with this program?

p.s. I don't really want to limit the choices, but I'm pretty sure one of the schools only wants Liszt, Chopin, Scriabin, and Rachmaninoff etudes. Still, feel free to suggest whatever you want.

[prongated]

...any time limit?

Very musical program, btw...and uah, ur playing the 3 B's...very nice, very nice ^^

So in that light, something 'light' in mood like Feux Follets or Chopin's op. 10 no. 8 will be good I think.

[amelialw]

yeah go for Chopin Etude Op.10 No.8 if you like it.

I'm learning it now, it's a difficult one because you really have to be able to relax your hands when you play it,otherwise you hands will really ache. Musicality wise beautiful and it really sparkles.

https://imslp.ca/images/imslp.ca/0/08/Chopin_-_OP10_8.PDF

[cloches_de_geneve]

yeah go for Chopin Etude Op.10 No.8 if you like it.

I'm learning it now, it's a difficult one because you really have to be able to relax your hands when you play it,otherwise you hands will really ache. Musicality wise beautiful and it really sparkles.

https://imslp.ca/images/imslp.ca/0/08/Chopin_-_OP10_8.PDF

Agree. One of the difficulties with this amazing etude is that it is mandatory to arrive to the last page with a relaxed RH, because the last 30 seconds or so require a very light and clear mozartian kind of articulation.

I also think it would fit well with your program. 

[etudes]

do bartok 3 etudes to complete one more B 
or do prokofiev or stravinsky etudes to make your program more varied!

[imbetter]

man i LOVE beethoven op101

for the etudes, there are SO many out there, dont limit your choices.

stravinsky op.7, macdowell wrote several sets, borkiwicz (sp?), prokofiev, debussy, moszkowsky, saint-saens.


i could literally go on all day naming composers that wrote etudes.

[opus10no2]

...any time limit?

Very musical program

what

10/1 or 10/2

Most impressive etudes if performed memorably.

[dnephi]

I recommend Rocket 39-3.

[retrouvailles]

for the etudes, there are SO many out there, dont limit your choices.

stravinsky op.7, macdowell wrote several sets, borkiwicz (sp?), prokofiev, debussy, moszkowsky, saint-saens.

The schools are limiting his choices, not him.

Go with Scriabin. I don't recall you ever telling me that you learned one of his etudes, and it's about time.

And, for the record, it's spelled Bortkiewicz.

[hwangs]

I'm relearning Chopin 10-8 right now, and though technically, it might be easier than some other etudes, if played well, it sounds really great. Some suggestions: 10-1, 10-4. Maybe if you want to show virtuosity, a Liszt Transcendental Etude would work.

[pita bread]

Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions!

...any time limit?

Very musical program, btw...and uah, ur playing the 3 B's...very nice, very nice ^^

So in that light, something 'light' in mood like Feux Follets or Chopin's op. 10 no. 8 will be good I think.

Would prefer to keep it on the shorter side...

Arg I hate picking an etude, I can never decide on something and stick with it 

[imbetter]

want me to decide for you? 

[soliloquy]

Chasse-Neige

[amelialw]

Op.10 No.8 is really short

[pies]

a

[liszt-essence]

Op 10 no 12

Íf you have the passion for it

[rob47]

TE10

possibly

[pita bread]

TE10

possibly

I've been considering this one for so long!

[pita bread]

Dude Rob, lets duel with an etude!

[soliloquy]

TE10

possibly

how bout DGE10?

[rob47]

Dude Rob, lets duel with an etude!

ya i need one alzo, anything except TE10

[pita bread]

What do you have in mind?

[pita bread]

Rob, howabout Scriabin 42/5? or perhaps 42/6 if you like that?

[burstroman]

How about "Il Lamento" and "La Leggierezza"?  They aren't too familiar but still mainstream.

[pita bread]

Or perhaps a lesser played chopet?

[cloches_de_geneve]

Or perhaps a lesser played chopet?

I think the audience would be rather impressed if you pulled out op. 10/11, op. 25/4, op. 25/5 or op. 25/8 and played it well. 25/5 in particular is a great one, tells a whole story, something between an etude and ballade. Comparatively long though.

[prongated]

How about "Il Lamento" and "La Leggierezza"?  They aren't too familiar but still mainstream.

...I wouldn't consider Il Lamento an Etude as such...since I think the aim of making etudes mandatory in auditions is to prove your technical accomplishments.

I think the audience would be rather impressed if you pulled out op. 10/11, op. 25/4, op. 25/5 or op. 25/8 and played it well.

...I think 'audience' is an understatement...but essentially yes.

[schubertiad]

I'm doing chop 25/5 at the moment, and it's a bit of a pain to learn, but really great to play. It is not as difficult as it sounds, and it also has the bonus of being a comparatively fast etude, but one with more scope for phrasing, voicing, rubato etc than most. If played well it will show lots of facets of your playing.

[pita bread]

...I think 'audience' is an understatement...but essentially yes.

Hahaha yeahhhhhhhhhh...

[rob47]

haha * these Scrib etudes are insane! (-ly difficult)

i am listening to Gavrilov's 42 5 right now and thinking eff it lets duel

[pita bread]

Hahaha

I have it narrowed down to Scriabin 42/5, 42/6 or Chopin 25/5 

[pita bread]

haha * these Scrib etudes are insane! (-ly difficult)

i am listening to Gavrilov's 42 5 right now and thinking eff it lets duel

EDIT

actually, eff it. i probably shouldnt duel with 42/5

Beethoven Op. 101 final mvt is massacring me right now.. need a friggen easier etude...

what else do you have in mind robbah?

[pita bread]

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[leuthold]

play rach 33#4... the most impressive one although it s not the hardest one

[imbetter]

how about rach 33/2

[rob47]

i have no clue

[cloches_de_geneve]

Hahaha
I have it narrowed down to Scriabin 42/5, 42/6 or Chopin 25/5 

Given this decision, it might be more helpful for pita bread to comment on the pros and cons of these three specific pieces, instead of adding new options right and left.

[pita bread]

Given this decision, it might be more helpful for pita bread to comment on the pros and cons of these three specific pieces, instead of adding new options right and left.

Haha, I'm actually not all that sure anymore...

I don't care to learn etudes really but this is something I have to do. I want to duel Rob on something 'cause it'll force me to sit down and learn an etude.

[elevateme_returns]

why not go for some bartok and make it 4 Bs ?

[schubertiad]

I have wanted someone to do chop 25/5 with me for ages. How about it, Pita?

[etudes]

why not go for some bartok and make it 4 Bs ?

ahaha those 3 bartok etudes op.18 are so damn difficult...be prepared if you want to learn them.

[pita bread]

ahaha those 3 bartok etudes op.18 are so damn difficult...be prepared if you want to learn them.

Word.

Plus, I'm limited by audition requirements to Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, and Rachmaninoff.

[pita bread]

I have wanted someone to do chop 25/5 with me for ages. How about it, Pita?

possibly 

but you have already started learning it

[schubertiad]

Started, but certainly not finished. You pick a date, any time will be fine for me. If it's a long time away then I will get complacent, do something else in the meantime, and rush to get it done at the last minute as always.

[pita bread]

perhaps, haha.

I always have a hard time sticking with an etude though...

[rob47]

Godowsky/chop 25/5 in the form of mazurka

verrrrrrrrrrrrrry nice one and compared to other chop gods pretty easy learning the notes?

im down if you is

[rob47]

[rob47]

or the 10/5 god tarantula, also not as hard as some, but more challenging than the mazurka i think (i've learned the first 2 pages half-assed'ly in betweeen real practicing; the GREG(t25s6) asserts the 3rd page will present problems)

i dunno godowsky was a clever moe-foe.

or for just chopets 10/9 (i think this is the one fminor, the left hand is excercised) is a really powerful diddy, with maybe even more asspassion than the liszt 10th in fminor

ligeti?

[pita bread]

gonna listen to the chopgods right now

what ligeti do you have in mind?

[rob47]

i really want to learn any of

desordre, touchebloquee, automne in warsaw, galamb borong, veritage, entrelacs, lescalier du diable, infinite column, white on white, or pour irina