college audition pieces

[ninjapianist]

Hey all!
Im in the process of choosing pieces for auditions next year, and I need some feedback on my choices.

Bach WTC 1 prelude and fugue in g minor
Beethoven sonata opus 10, No. 1
Brahms intermezzo, opus 118 No. 2
Liszt Un Sospiro
Ravel Sonatine

Are these pieces up to the level conservatories such as Oberlin and Peabody are looking for?

[pianisten1989]

Record them, and post them here. Then we can tell you.

[ninjapianist]

Well, as I said, I'm auditioning next year, so I barely even have the notes yet on these pieces.

I was just wondering about the purely technical level of difficulty of these pieces.

[pianisten1989]

Well... It's about How you play them. Though, I think I'd go with something a bit more difficult, but I've never applied to any schools in usa, so I don't know what they want.

[nanabush]

I'd maybe pick a bigger sonata.  I did this one this year, and the ones other people played (my friend did the Op 10#3) made mine just seem like a little guy.

[pianisten1989]

Yes, hmm... You only play quite small pieces, and you can't really show that much. I'd say a bigger sonata and a bigger romantic work.

What I've heard, Oberlin is a quite good school, so many ppl will probably play difficult pieces. So I'd probably raise everything a level. Though, since I don't know anything about your style or technique it's quite difficult to suggest, more than just generally...

[liordavid]

that is defenitely a great program. i hope this doesn't raise it up to much for you but I think a Hungarian Rhapsody would be good

[avguste]

Good program.
I would however also add a 20th or 21st century work.

[thorn]

I think aside from the Brahms (118/2 and 3 are two of the most overplayed pieces in existance), it is a good program. Although I agree that it's about how you play rather than what you play, I also agree that you perhaps need to up your level a notch.

I don't know much about conservatoires in the US, but I have a friend over there who has just been through auditions and gotten into the music school at the University of Michigan. This was his audition repertoire;

Bach- WTK 2 nr 5 D major
Beethoven- Pastorale Sonata
Chopin- Etude 10/4
Liszt- Vallee d'Obermann
Martinu- Three sketches on Modern Dances

Which sort of ties in with other people's advice of a bigger sonata, a larger romantic work and something more modern. The Vallee d'Obermann is a large romantic work and then some, but technically I think from what you're looking at it would be in your grasp.