Recital Programme

[vsrinivasa]

Hi,

I am setting up a programme for a public recital I am planning in March or April. Here is a suggested programme; can you please give suggestions? This is not in order:

Haydn: Sonata in Eb Hob. XVI: 52
Chopin: Barcarolle
Beethoven: Sonata in E Minor Op. 90

This is so far what I have planned; can you give me suggestions for other pieces I might want to play? It doesn't really matter how difficult they are, just don't tell me to play Petrouchka or something.

Thanks,
V

[rachmaninoff_forever]

I don't know exactly what you have in your bag of tricks, but I would throw in a Paganini etude, and maybe if you can wrap up Ondine real fast, do it.

[vsrinivasa]

I don't know exactly what you have in your bag of tricks, but I would throw in a Paganini etude, and maybe if you can wrap up Ondine real fast, do it.

I am probably going to do the first Paganini etude. I've been looking into some Rach preludes as well, and I think I'll do Ondine.

[the89thkey]

I am probably going to do the first Paganini etude. I've been looking into some Rach preludes as well, and I think I'll do Ondine.

Rach G sharp minor prelude (personal preference) and moments musicaux 2.
Also recommend something flashy. Liszt Grand Galop Chromatique for instance. Or if you want you could learn Islamey...it takes a little while though.

[vsrinivasa]

Rach G sharp minor prelude (personal preference) and moments musicaux 2.
Also recommend something flashy. Liszt Grand Galop Chromatique for instance. Or if you want you could learn Islamey...it takes a little while though.

The Grand Galop Chromatique might be a good choice. I already know it pretty well, so I just have to get my fingers back around it. Islamey is flashy but I hate it. The Moments Musicaux 2 is really nice. I think I'll do that.

[cadenza14224]

Hi,

I am setting up a programme for a public recital I am planning in March or April. Here is a suggested programme; can you please give suggestions? This is not in order:

Haydn: Sonata in Eb Hob. XVI: 52
Chopin: Barcarolle
Beethoven: Sonata in E Minor Op. 90

This is so far what I have planned; can you give me suggestions for other pieces I might want to play? It doesn't really matter how difficult they are, just don't tell me to play Petrouchka or something.

Thanks,
V

I would add some texture to your list; give the audience really something to think about. How about some Brahms or Schumann? Haydn, Beethoven, and Chopin give you some very bright and quickly accessible melodies, I think adding a piece Brahms or Schumann can give your concert a contrasting event without leaving the 19th century.

I suggest either Brahms' 2nd Rhapsody, or Op. 118 No. 2. And for Schumann....possibly a couple selections from "Kinderszenen".

I want to say add a Rachmaninoff piece; but more likely than not your audience will leave only remembering that ONE piece (cause lets face it, Rachmaninoff is pretty easy to love, and his melodies more often than not, hit close to home for most people). But if you do choose to go Rach, I would say try something more introspective than Prelude No. 5....perhaps No. 6? It's damn beautiful, and contrasts pretty well with the Chopin! I feel this way all your pieces will be remembered!

[vsrinivasa]

I would add some texture to your list; give the audience really something to think about. How about some Brahms or Schumann? Haydn, Beethoven, and Chopin give you some very bright and quickly accessible melodies, I think adding a piece Brahms or Schumann can give your concert a contrasting event without leaving the 19th century.

I suggest either Brahms' 2nd Rhapsody, or Op. 118 No. 2. And for Schumann....possibly a couple selections from "Kinderszenen".

I want to say add a Rachmaninoff piece; but more likely than not your audience will leave only remembering that ONE piece (cause lets face it, Rachmaninoff is pretty easy to love, and his melodies more often than not, hit close to home for most people). But if you do choose to go Rach, I would say try something more introspective than Prelude No. 5....perhaps No. 6? It's damn beautiful, and contrasts pretty well with the Chopin! I feel this way all your pieces will be remembered!

Brahms is one of my favourite composers. Both pieces you suggest are really things to consider. I think I can play the Kinderszenen. The one piece I didn't learn from it was Traumerei, and it looks pretty easy to learn and is really beautiful. I think I am going to add something from that, or maybe a couple of the Novelletten. The Rach prelude Op. 23 No. 6 is very lovely and doesn't seem like it would be all that difficult to learn. I would do some Ravel, but my theme seems to be late Classical to early Romantic, so putting in Impressionism/20th century would mess that up.

[the89thkey]

Why not do Schumann's Fantasiestucke or some other small work? The Carnaval and First Sonata are longer pieces but they would be nice if you are willing to make them a larger part of your program.

[vsrinivasa]

Why not do Schumann's Fantasiestucke or some other small work? The Carnaval and First Sonata are longer pieces but they would be nice if you are willing to make them a larger part of your program.

Fantasiestucke is something I might play. If I get over my hatred of Grillen...

But I like Papillons and might play that. It is very beautiful and I know it pretty well.

[perprocrastinate]

You could introduce your audience to Alkan by presenting to them one of his most succinct creations: Le Festin d'Esope.

[vsrinivasa]

You could introduce your audience to Alkan by presenting to them one of his most succinct creations: Le Festin d'Esope.

Assuming I finish it by then.

[the89thkey]

Fantasiestucke is something I might play. If I get over my hatred of Grillen...

But I like Papillons and might play that. It is very beautiful and I know it pretty well.

Papillons is a little basic though.

[j_menz]

Papillons is a little basic though.

For whom? The audience?

I fail to see why everything (or indeed anything) in a concert program should be at the limits of the performers technique or the more complex end of the repertoire.

People like some of the "basic" stuff too.

[vsrinivasa]

For whom? The audience?

I fail to see why everything (or indeed anything) in a concert program should be at the limits of the performers technique or the more complex end of the repertoire.

People like some of the "basic" stuff too.

I only intend to play pieces I like, but I am also taking the audience into account. I do like Papillons and it is pretty accessible to an average person.

[liug_2012]

You should play Stravinsky Petrushka, all 3 versions.