College Audition Pieces

[essence5690]

Hello to all,

I'm having difficulties choosing pieces to play. Here are the requirements:

   1) J. S. Bach: A prelude and fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier or three movements of a suite.
   2) A complete sonata by Beethoven (excluding op. 49), Schubert, or Mozart, or a Haydn sonata of comparable difficulty
   3)One large-scale (approximately 10 minutes) work or a group of shorter pieces from the 19th or 20th century representing lyrical and virtuoso styles
    
Here is what I have:
1) Bach-Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major (WTC, Book1) or no. 7 in Eb (Book1)

2) Beethoven sonatas-Moonlight, Tempest, Funeral March, Waldstein or Appassionata

3) a.Chopin-Ballade no.1
    b.The Submerged Cathedral-Debussy or
    c.Brahms Capriccio op.76, no.1, intermezzo op.116, no.4 and hungarian dance no. 5



Thanks in advance

[pianovlad1996]

Well, for the baroque piece, you can choose the 7th prelude from WTC I if you do not have other baroque pieces prepared. At this level, if you have time, I will go for a Mozart sonata like k576, 333 or 310. If you don't have time to prepare a sonata, you can play the funeral march op.26 sonata by Beethoven because it is not a cliche like moonlight, tempest and it has a romantic and warm melody. The romantic/late romantic pieces you listed are not what I expected but I will definetly not choose Chopin Ballade No.1/ Brahms Hungarian Dance 5. The program seems to be well-balanced. Good luck and hope it will help you!
Timea

[49410enrique]

i was a bit confused with your question are you asking for suggestions on 1,2,3 you already seem to choose it looks like you've made up your mind already. still i'll throw a few ideas so you can consider other options:

1.i like the 1 in c maj wtc i, the fugue is one of my favs, i'd go that route
2. mozart c minor k 457 or b flat major k 281, or beethoven  'the hunt' e flat major no 18 op 31 no 3
3. tchaikovsky dumka op 59 (should come in right around 10 minutes if you don't drag the slow sections and really practice the fast virtuosic middle parts so you're note undertempo).

[essence5690]

Well, for the baroque piece, you can choose the 7th prelude from WTC I if you do not have other baroque pieces prepared. At this level, if you have time, I will go for a Mozart sonata like k576, 333 or 310. If you don't have time to prepare a sonata, you can play the funeral march op.26 sonata by Beethoven because it is not a cliche like moonlight, tempest and it has a romantic and warm melody. The romantic/late romantic pieces you listed are not what I expected but I will definetly not choose Chopin Ballade No.1/ Brahms Hungarian Dance 5. The program seems to be well-balanced. Good luck and hope it will help you!
Timea

I have about a year and a half to prepare. Which prelude and fugue do you recommend?

[essence5690]

i was a bit confused with your question are you asking for suggestions on 1,2,3 you already seem to choose it looks like you've made up your mind already. still i'll throw a few ideas so you can consider other options:

1.i like the 1 in c maj wtc i, the fugue is one of my favs, i'd go that route
2. mozart c minor k 457 or b flat major k 281, or beethoven  'the hunt' e flat major no 18 op 31 no 3
3. tchaikovsky dumka op 59 (should come in right around 10 minutes if you don't drag the slow sections and really practice the fast virtuosic middle parts so you're note undertempo).

Everything listed are options. I like the Dumka you recommended.