Liszt competition repertoire

[franzliszt2]

I am applying for a Liszt competition, and need to list repertoire on the form. My idea is looking something like this..

1st round

Chopin etude....not sure, I will probably go with op10no4 or op25no6.
Liszt etude.....Wilde Jagd, or Mazeppa.

Im not sure about this, I want the etudes to work together, and not do the whole fast and loud thing. Im not sure, I would be happy to play almost any Chopin etude, with a few exceptions....the 6ths etude, and winterwind. I am sticking with Mazeppa or Wilde Jagd becasue I have already played them.

Liszt Isoldes Liebstode (Compulosory piece)


2nd round

Haydn sonata....any ideas??

Schubert Impromptu....Probably the Bb Impromptu

F.Liszt/Schubert Lied transcriptions of own choice...I still need to look into that, but any ideas much appreciated.

F. Liszt works of own choice (max. 25 minutes)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right...this is where I am stuck. What should I play here? I want at least one big piece, and some small stuff. I am thinking about Tanhausser overture. But then what?


3rd Round

Sonata in B minor  (Compulsory)

Final
 

F. Liszt Piano Concerto in E flat major (S. 124) or
Piano Concerto in A major (S. 125) or
Totentanz (Paraphrase on „Dies Irae“) (S. 126)


I have a year to get this repertoire ready, and I have played a lot of it before, but I need to decide quite soon if I am going to enter because my teacher is on my back to enter some competitions so some repertoire ideas would be much appreciated.....especially in the 25 mins free choice Liszt section. Bear in mind that if I did go through to the semi final....I could be playing the Liszt sonata the day after the 2nd round, so I don't really want something that is going to require hours and hours of endless practice, for example don Juan lol. I want some energy left for the Sonata!

Thanks in advance! 

[thierry13]

I think you're better off playing something like 25/6 than 10/4 before you play mazeppa or wild jagd. As for an Haydn sonata, why not no.20, 46, or 52? They all are very beautiful sonatas. For Liszt/Schubert there are many choices, but those who come to mind first are the serenade, gretchen am spinrade, auf dem wasser zu singen, erlkronig, etc. there are probably many others but those are my favorite! For your Liszt pieces, I'd play Apres une lecture de dante as main big piece, or maybe tanhauser isnt a bad idea. There is also the 2nd ballade or the rhapsodie espagnole who would do the job! Then I'd play something like les jeux d'eau a la villa d'este, wich can demonstrate many abilities if played well. Maybe a sonetto del petrarca? I don't know, there are many small pieces with wich you can fill the holes!

edit: I'd play the second concerto in the final 

[rob47]

for 25 minutes of free program liszt:
sonetto 123, polonaise 1 then polonaise 2

[mikey6]

Grosses Konzertsolo

[franzliszt2]

Grosses Konzertsolo

Well, you'll hear me practicing it for a few months, so I'll learn it just for you :-)

I like the idea of the Rhapsodie Espagnol!! I really want to play that piece!

[dnephi]

Well, you'll hear me practicing it for a few months, so I'll learn it just for you :-)

I like the idea of the Rhapsodie Espagnol!! I really want to play that piece!

It's not my favorite piece.  In fact, I think it is mostly uninspired predecessor to the sonata.

[sharon_f]

Haydn: I second No. 46 (woefully underplayed) or No. 50. I know, everyone plays it, but it is wonderful, especially that gorgeous slow movement.

I would suggest Gretchen am Spinrade for the transcription.

I also second Thierry13's suggestion of the Dante Sonata, but if you didn't want to learn another "big" piace, how about a selection from the various Years of Pilgrimage. Here's a nice grouping: Au bord d'une source, Sonettos 104 &  123  and finish up with the Tarantelle.

Concerto: Totentanz.

[mikey6]

Well, you'll hear me practicing it for a few months, so I'll learn it just for you :-)

Oh! you'd do that just for me!

[franzliszt2]

Ok, I might settle with the Spanish Rhapsody. I would love to do Dante, but I want something a little more light hearted, and I could play the B minor sonata in the next round, so I want to get as much variation as possible.

What smaller pieces could I put with this?

[lostinidlewonder]

Nuages Gris I think its very hard to do it well.

[thierry13]

Another idea for the big piece would be the solo totentanz. Complete venezia e napoli would be great also. As for the fill in pieces I'd look trough the 3 books of years of pilgrimage, or maybe one of the smaller opera transcriptions!

[franzliszt2]

haha yeh Totentanz would be funny. Especially if I offered to play it in the final as well!

What about Czardas Macabre? I like that piece, even though it gets a little repetitive

[communist]

for the Liszt piece of your choice i would say the Dante Sonata

[lostinidlewonder]

What about his 2 Legends; Bird Sermon of Saint Francis of Assisi and St Francis of Paulo Walking on the Waves. Brilliant and very difficult to express effective. Some random youtube examples, Cecile Licad and Cziffra.


Bird Sermon

Walking on the Waves

[etudes]

oh..the weimar one right? 

[franzliszt2]

oh..the weimar one right? 

Yeh! Are you going to do it?