Audition Repetoire

[bluessax576]

Hello, I apologize for a post that happens all the time here, but, I need help with repetoire.  I am auditioning for Northwestern University (among others) this coming February.  My audition set includes:  Bach Prelude and Fugue in G Majore (Book 1)
              Mozart Sonata in C Major, K 330
              Medtner Fairy tale op 20 no 1
              And here is where I need help, I am working on Alkan's Aesop's Feast, but I am a little worried about having it performance ready by February (I'm pretty confident, but there are seven or eight of the variations, including part of the coda, that I am worried about), or, I could do Tchaikovsky's Doumka.  My issue with that is, will the Doumka show off enogh technique and stamina to impress the audition panel?  Any thoughts and/or comments about this would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

[bradley]

Are you auditioning for undergraduate? If so I wouldn't worry TOO much about the repertoire, more about the playing. I must say, though, that I think the Alkan would be much better...

[bluessax576]

Are you auditioning for undergraduate? If so I wouldn't worry TOO much about the repertoire, more about the playing. I must say, though, that I think the Alkan would be much better...

I am applying for undergrad.

[bradley]

Well, like I said I don't think it really matters too much then, but I would go with the Alkan

[thine]

uhh, i think this might help.

https://www.upd.edu.ph/~music/new_acad_admissionrequirements.htm

I. Departmental Audition Requirements for PIANO
1. Scales & Arpeggios, 4 Octaves (Major & Minor Keys);
2. One work by J.S. BACH chosen from the Two or Three Part Inventions, the 48 Prelude
& Fugues, Toccatas, Partitas, or the English & French Suites;
3. A Virtuosic Etude chosen from Czerny, Op.299 (except Nos. 1-5),
Chopin (except Op.10 #3, Op.10 #6, Op.25 #7), Liszt, Rachmaninoff
(except Op.33 #7, Op.39 #2), Scriabin (except Op.2 #1), Prokofiev, or Debussy;
4. One fast movement of a 3-movement Classical Sonata by Haydn, Mozart (except K.545),
Beethoven (except Op. 49, Nos. 1-2), or Schubert;
5. A work chosen freely by the applicant, preferably a work from the 19th or 20th Centuries;
6. A work will be given to the applicant during the audition for sight reading proficiency
Entire program should be played from memory.

[pianisten1989]

Dumka is not too easy for any audition.

[jehangircama]

do all/most auditions require the programme to be played from memory?and generally, what is the level of the piece given for sight-reading?