What piece should I learn..

[werq34ac]

I'm currently looking at

Chopin polonaise no.6
Chopin polonaise-fantasie
Chopin Barcarolle
Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableux Op. 39/5
Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 2 1st mvt
Scriabin Sonata no. 4
Ravel Jeux D'eau

I'm sort of leaning away from the concerto. I've lost all motivation for concertos...

[werq34ac]

If it's any help, I performed Chopin 1st ballade 2 weeks ago
I auditioned this spring for undergrad with:
Chopin Scherzo no. 1
Beethoven Sonata Op. 28
Bach P&F in Dm from WTC1
Liszt La Leggierezza
Ravel Alborada del Gracioso

I've also played:
Chopin Ballade no. 3
Several Chopin etudes
Albeniz Rondena
Beethoven Concerto no. 1 1st mvt

I'm planning on bringing back some of my Chopin etudes to improve my technique. Namely Op. 10/1, 2 (which will be new), 4, 7, 8, possibly 10 (which will also be new).

[j_menz]

Something outside your comfort zone in terms of style/period?

[werq34ac]

nuuuu I don't want to

[j_menz]

nuuuu I don't want to

Not even a little bit - Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Alkan ...... baby steps?

[lighthand045]

You should expand your horizons, and explore the very big realms of music.
There are many more pieces, composers out there, and instead of playing the same works everyone looks at, you could discover more composers, and find whatever is hiding in the void.
Hameiln also said that students should explore the big piles of scores instead of playing the same overplayed works. Instead of playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, you could play a Medtner sonata, or, instead of playing Chopin's Revolutionary Etude you could play Mereaux's Bravura etude(but i don't recommend it anyhow).

Or... instead of playing Hanon 1 hour everyday for the rest of your life... you could be an authentic pianist(and avoid hand injuries)

[werq34ac]

Not even a little bit - Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Alkan ...... baby steps?

Mozart=fun to sightread, hell to practice
Schubert= lovely listening, kind of boring to practice...
Schumann=see schubert
Brahms=maybe... if I find something I love
Alkan=eh never got into him really.

After 1 year of audition repertoire, I want to play something I enjoy, instead of something I have to force myself to enjoy.

You should expand your horizons, and explore the very big realms of music.
There are many more pieces, composers out there, and instead of playing the same works everyone looks at, you could discover more composers, and find whatever is hiding in the void.
Hameiln also said that students should explore the big piles of scores instead of playing the same overplayed works. Instead of playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, you could play a Medtner sonata, or, instead of playing Chopin's Revolutionary Etude you could play Mereaux's Bravura etude(but i don't recommend it anyhow).

Or... instead of playing Hanon 1 hour everyday for the rest of your life... you could be an authentic pianist(and avoid hand injuries)

I've done a lot of exploring from Bach to Sorabji. I've heard things I like and things I don't like. But I always come back to my favorites. So in this summer after undergraduate auditions, I'm going to play what I enjoy. It's rare for me to have so much freedom in what I can learn next so I'm going to abuse it.

Not that composers like Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, aren't great, but I don't have the urge to play them right now.

[j_menz]

So in this summer after undergraduate auditions, I'm going to play what I enjoy. It's rare for me to have so much freedom in what I can learn next so I'm going to abuse it.

That puts a bit of perspective on it.  My only suggestion would be not to restrict yourself to pieces at your current level. Use the time to go back and do some of the stuff you would have liked to have done at earlier levels.  You may be surprised how much you learn from them, and find it enjoyable as well.

[lighthand045]

Well werq34ac, according to what you said, my only advice would be to follow your gut, and choose the pieces you like most, I don't think someone would play something if they wouldn't enjoy it, and thus perhaps not give a satisfying performance of it, instead of someone who does enjoy their piece.

I usually go search new music, and the ones i like the most, learn them. The last year I found Blumenfeld and I learned his Sonata-Fantasia which is very rewarding to me, I also found MacDowell which I am just finishing his fourth sonata "Keltic".

Just choose whatever piece you like the most.

From the original list i would choose Scriabin's Sonata 4 just because from the recurring melody of the first movement.

[werq34ac]

So my teacher gave me a list to choose from, and I picked:
Bach Partita no. 2
Beethoven Appasionata Sonata
Ravel Ondine
Scriabin Sonata 4

Thanks for your input I guess .-.

[david456103]

ondine is a wonderful choice! beautiful and super fun to play!