Competition programme

[fnork]

I´m going to a piano competition rather soon (too soon perhaps...) and while of course I decided the programme a while ago already, it was quite difficult to decide which pieces to play. In a way, much more difficult than simply practising the pieces...A problem is of course to make sure that the programme isn´t overly long or too short (as all three rounds have time limits), and at the same time make sure that there is a nice flow in the programme. In the end I picked the following pieces, and although there is no way for me to change anything in the programme now, I´d be happy to hear some feedback on the programme as such - things I might consider for my next competition.


1st round:

Bach: Prelude and fugue in C sharp minor, book 1
Chopin: Nocturne op 27 nr 1 in C sharp minor (a chopin nocturne was mandatory)
Grieg: Lyric piece op 54 nr 3 - Trolltog - March of the dwarfs (a lyric piece by grieg was mandatory)
Debussy: Etude nr 12 - Pour les accords
Chopin: Etude op 10 nr 4 in C sharp minor

2nd found

Classical Sonata - Mozart: Sonata in E flat major, K 282
Romantic work - Alban Berg: Piano sonata op 1
Work of free choice - Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit


Finale

Grieg: concerto A-minor, 1rst movement (it was mandatory to play either the first movement or the 2nd and the 3rd in the finals)

Prokofiev: Piano concerto nr. 3

By the way, there´s a recording of the 2nd round programme in the audition room:
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=38852.0

[prongated]

Strong...
...I just never realised the Berg Sonata falls under the Romantic genre, albeit how expressive the music is.

[fnork]

I bet some jury members might be skeptic about choosing that piece as my "romantic piece" as well. It IS certainly late-romantic just as some other early stuff by Berg, but of course, it´s not liszt or anything. On the other hand, there´s already plenty of romantic music in the programme, with two chopin-pieces and two by grieg. So I hope that won´t give me any troubles.

I was actually considering picking Chopins Berceuse instead of Berg (and as its shorter, it would have allowed me to play all repeats in Mozart, for example), but then again I already had two chopin pieces. The berceuse probably does work quite well before Gaspard, setting the mood - besides, it is in the same key as "Ondine" But I won´t make any changes now....too late for that

[pianisten1989]

Nice program... You got many different sorts of pieces, so that's good

What competition is it?