Gershwin Concerto in F - Mvt. III (trial run)

[nmitchell076]

Hello everyone!

I am preparing the final movement from George Gershwin's Concerto in F for my University's concerto competition in mid-December.  Tuesday, we had a trial run of the Concerto in front of my professor's studio class (about 8 or 9 college pianists).  This was my first performance of the movement with an accompanist (actually, my first time ever playing with an accompanist) so there are some issues that are a result of just inexperience with that (mainly near the beginning, until I became used to the sound of two pianists playing), but there are plenty of errors that are purely on my part as a soloist, too.  Its extremely rough and there are alot of issues with the performance, so I deeply appreciate any and all comments!  So please, tear it apart! 

Just a couple notes on the performance:
1) my professor is my accompanist, and he was sight-reading the orchestral part (hence the numerous errors there), so if you can, try to ignore any issues with his part of the performance.  Since it is two pianos, its sometimes hard to distinguish between what is the piano part and what is the orchestra part, so here's a performance with an orchestra to clarify the difference if your unfamiliar with the piece.

2) since its a trial run, we made alot of cuts.  We basically cut all parts where the orchestra plays without the piano, and came back in at the introduction to the next piano solo section.  We didn't tell the audience about this, and the abruptness of some of the cuts is what caused the laughter from the audience at some parts (which also resulted from the fact that my piano professor was joking with them on stage after they began laughing, something you can't really tell from the audio)

3) The balance is a little heavy toward the Orchestra.  I was on a Steinway concert grand and my professor was on a Yamaha concert grand.  The two were positioned parallel to each other (with me on the Steinway placed in front), each with the lid fully raised.  The Yamaha is just a louder piano, but in the actual competition, its lid will be down, so the balance will be much different.


Anyways, enough of me, I'd love to hear your input!