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Topic: Pieces you are expected to have heard....  (Read 1528 times)

Offline simonjp90

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Pieces you are expected to have heard....
on: February 08, 2010, 12:59:53 AM
I'm starting bmus hons at rncm in september. is there a list of things that you are supposed to have listened to or read?

Offline oxy60

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Re: Pieces you are expected to have heard....
Reply #1 on: February 08, 2010, 08:02:07 PM
There should be a syllabus for the course somewhere. That's not a school I've heard of from over here in the USA. However, a professor can't just "wing it" without submitting course content to the school and mentioning any prerequisites to the students. 
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Offline pocho

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Re: Pieces you are expected to have heard....
Reply #2 on: February 09, 2010, 12:03:15 AM
Chopin Ballades
Beethoven Sonatas
Schubert Impromptus
Liszt Etudes
Prokofiev Sonatas


That's kinda what you meant, right?

Offline Bob

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Re: Pieces you are expected to have heard....
Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 12:10:08 AM
Just pick up a piano lit book.

Or find the class information for a keyboard/piano literature/history course.
Favorite new teacher quote -- "You found the only possible wrong answer."

Offline point of grace

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Re: Pieces you are expected to have heard....
Reply #4 on: February 09, 2010, 02:26:54 AM
Beethoven piano sonatas, for pianoforte and piano and violin.
Prokofieff piano sonatas
Mozart piano concertos
Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Tchaikowsky and Prokofieff Symphonies

if that´s what you mean, again...
Learning:

Chopin Polonaise Op. 53
Brahms Op. 79 No. 2
Rachmaninoff Op. 16 No. 4 and 5

Offline slow_concert_pianist

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Re: Pieces you are expected to have heard....
Reply #5 on: February 09, 2010, 02:34:54 AM
I'm starting bmus hons at rncm in september. is there a list of things that you are supposed to have listened to or read?

If there is your college would advise you, but I would imagine you should have listened to a sizeable range of interpretations spanning the performance area you wish to cover to do a music (performance) degree justice.
Currently rehearsing:

Chopin Ballades (all)
Rachmaninov prelude in Bb Op 23 No 2
Mozart A minor sonata K310
Prokofiev 2nd sonata
Bach WTCII no 6
Busoni tr Bach toccata in D minor
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