What do you think about this recital program???

[jagm]

This is going to be my first solo recital...what do you think about this program?

first part

J.S. Bach: prelude & fugue no 8 in E flat minor
L.V. Beethoven: Sonata op 31 no 2 "Tempest" (complete)

second part

E. Granados: from Goyescas, La maja y el ruiseņor
S. Rachmaninoff: Etude tableaux op 33 no 2 in C Major
F. Chopin: Scherzo no 1 op 20 in B minor

[prongated]

I think it's cool

I mean, the program is very interesting and varied, and it looks manageable. It should be really good!

[weissenberg2]

It's cool, but to contrast with the Beethoven, I think a Bach P&F in a major key would work better.
And I don't like that you have a random ET in there, maybe you could play something else from Grenados Goyescas.

[avguste]

I like it.
The only change I would make is finish with the Rachmaninoff.

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[point of grace]

wohooo!! i think it's a very good program!!
i second what avguste says, i was going to tell you the same... you have to finish with rach...
bye!

[jagm]

Thank you very much for the advices, you are totally rigth im going to play Rach at the end, and i think the same that i should play a p & f in a major key  :

[point of grace]

you'll do great! then you tell us!

[lostinidlewonder]

Nice program but I feel that you need to find two more pieces piece to end each part. It is usually good practice to end with some kind of "bang", totally drench their senses before the interval so they anticipate the 2nd half, and finish the 2nd half with something big so they demand encores, then your encores should encourage them to want to come see you again when you perform! Two more 3-5min pieces would be great, something really exciting. Ending with something long is usually not as effective to get an audience response than finishing with something that is shorter, of course this is a generalization and you can by all means end with 10+ min pieces, however for the average concert goer I believe they appreciate concerts ending with something "bite sized".

[ramseytheii]

Nice program but I feel that you need to find two more pieces piece to end each part. It is usually good practice to end with some kind of "bang", totally drench their senses before the interval so they anticipate the 2nd half, and finish the 2nd half with something big so they demand encores, then your encores should encourage them to want to come see you again when you perform! Two more 3-5min pieces would be great, something really exciting. Ending with something long is usually not as effective to get an audience response than finishing with something that is shorter, of course this is a generalization and you can by all means end with 10+ min pieces, however for the average concert goer I believe they appreciate concerts ending with something "bite sized".

In this issue, I much prefer the provocative views of Mark Hambourg:

"Time was when it seemed the custom to end the program with a kind of musical shock which consisted of bringing forward the player's most brilliant exhibition of bravura work, his tour de force as it were.  This, however, is not altogether an artistic arrangement.  In the good drama the climax is not reserved for the last curtain but usually comes at some previous moment."

Walter Ramsey

[lostinidlewonder]

I agree that the impressive parts should be in all of the playing, each piece should represent something special for the listener, I think it is no good to just play mediocre then hope to make everyone forget about it with something wild at the end. However I have found that most people enjoy something that is shorter to finish off the 1st and last part of the concert. The audience has been allowed to recover from listening to something longer, then their attention only needs now to consider something comparatively smaller. I guess that is why encores are usually never long pieces. To me it is almost like the "icing on the cake", the cake has to be good but don't be stingy with the icing. Of course I'm talking for the general concert goer.

[slow_concert_pianist]

Balanced with a touch of the unusual. Nothing wrong with that. I like it.