Hi there!
I'm a little bit lost on choosing the only thing that is missing from my next year's program.
I need some suggestions on a romantic piece/cycle that has a minimum of 12 minutes and a maximum of 15-17 minutes.
I was going to Schumann's "Forest Scenes" but it's too big and I don't think it's really suitable to my technique and personality (despite the fact that I played "Papillons" this last year, but they aren't as similar as one should think). I'm also putting Rachmaninov aside. I don't really need to play something extremely difficult in terms of technique (I also have small hands) but I would like to play something musically interesting (mainly something with depth, and not simple fireworks). It can also be a transcription or paraphrase and it doesn't have to be from a mainstream composer (like Schumann, Chopin or Liszt - although I do like Liszt a lot).
Since I have other restrictions imposed from my school to my last year program, my recital would be something like this:
- Romantic piece min. 12 minutes
- Hindemith's 3rd Sonata
(intermission)
- Messiaen:
La Première Communion de la Vierge
La parole toute-puissante
- Stockhausen: Klavierstück IX
- Ligeti: Arc-en-ciel
- Tristan Murail: Cloches d'adieu et un sourire OR Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II (hommage a Messiaen)
I know it lacks something from classical or baroque, but my hands are tied.
I'm also going to study Franck's Symphonic Variations because I also have a concert exam.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Best regards,
Carla