Recital Program

[teccomin]

Hi, I am planning on doing my first solo recital in the coming months. Here are the list of pieces which I can currently play and am willing to include in the recital. It would be nice if you guys can help me think of a good order or suggest any additions or deletions. Thanks in advance!

Scarlatti: k27 Sonata
Mozart: Twinkle Variations
Ravel: Sonatine
Debussy: 2 Arabesques
Liszt: Un Sospiro
Chopin: Berceuse
Chopin: Ballade #3
 
(that should be a good 50 mins)

Possible Encores:
Chopin: Minute Waltz
Schumann: Abschied from Waldzenen

[49410enrique]

that looks solid, congrats on putting together a good balanced and from the looks of it, what will be, an ejoyable program.  any  flip floping on order outside of your current set up is probably just going to be personal preference you have pretty much stayed in chronology w exception of debussy ravel and debussy but it's a nice change of pace.  do you have an interval or full intermission will you put it between ravel and debussy?

encores is just whatever you want to play to show your appreciation to the audience, be that as it may with so much romantic rep already it would be nice if you had some bach up your sleeve as that would be a real nice 'palate' cleanser so to speak and quite different from the back 2/3 of the program, again this is just preferential, there's really no reason no to go w your choices just a thought i 'd throw out there

[liszt8]

I think you should take out the Mozart and the Debussy, and put in Schumann's Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, Papillons, Abegg Variations, Waldeszenen, Carnaval, or Symphonic Etudes.

[werq34ac]

I think you should take out the Mozart and the Debussy, and put in Schumann's Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, Papillons, Abegg Variations, Waldeszenen, Carnaval, or Symphonic Etudes.

Wth, why? I mean sure those are nice pieces but first of all, is the OP willing to put them on her program? Take out the Mozart and Debussy? The provide a nice balance to the program. If you take those out, the program will be unaesthetically be ALMOST all romantic. I mean it's not ALL romantic, but it ALMOST is making the Ravel and Scarlatti seem out of place. Try to be helpful instead of attempting to show off your musical knowledge.

Personally, I would not enjoy listening to the Mozart, but that's just personal preference.

I think the order is fine, it's fairly logical. 50 minutes is a decent length for a recital.

As for the encore, if you played the minute waltz, that would just piss me off I'm sorry to say. I hate that piece. Then again, it IS an encore so you might want to play the more popular piece. BUT I would love to hear that Schumann. Plus, since it's after the Ballade, it would make a nicer contrast to play the Schumann. The minute waltz would sound really dull compared to the ballade.

Are you planning on having an intermission? It's only 50 minutes, but that's a long time for a non-experienced listener (for example... your family and friends that are completely disassociated with music? Are they?). It might be good to have an intermission although no longer than 5 minutes because it's a short recital.