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Offline onwan

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Competition repertoire
on: June 02, 2013, 12:48:43 PM
Next year in February I'm participating in piano competition. The requirements are: 12-15 min long. It's necessary to be played more different styles.
I and my teacher have made a repertoire list:
Bach French suite 6-polonaise
Mozart Sonata K310 first movement
Schubert Klavierstucke 1 D946
Chopin valse e minor op.posth

Actualy, I have started to learn all of them. The Bach is probably the easiest one, but I'm not a huge fan of Bach and not good player of it. The Mozart sonata, I know first 3 pages till the repetition in the middle tempo, still haven't look on the rest of it. The Schubert I know quite well, I mean, I know all notes and now try to get the right speed and dynamic. And the Chopin I have already played on concert.
What do you think about that?
Bach-Prelude and Fugue 2
Mozart-Sonata 545
Schubert-Klavierstucke D946 - 1, 2
Chopin-Etude 10/9, 25/12
Liszt-Un Sospiro
Rachmaninoff-Prelude 23/5, 3/2

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Re: Competition repertoire
Reply #1 on: June 02, 2013, 01:31:12 PM
We need more information regarding the competition, requirements, age group, etc.

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Re: Competition repertoire
Reply #2 on: June 02, 2013, 04:06:21 PM
We need more information regarding the competition, requirements, age group, etc.
It's national competition. It's divided to 13 groups, from every group goes only a few player to the national part.
I'm in category 17-18 years old. And the only rule is, that you have to play pieces from different periods and composers. And the timing is 12-15 minutes.
Bach-Prelude and Fugue 2
Mozart-Sonata 545
Schubert-Klavierstucke D946 - 1, 2
Chopin-Etude 10/9, 25/12
Liszt-Un Sospiro
Rachmaninoff-Prelude 23/5, 3/2

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Re: Competition repertoire
Reply #3 on: June 03, 2013, 04:29:56 AM
What I am going to say is possibly going to be criticized by others, and maybe, your teacher as well. Without knowing the level of competition, where it is, and how competitive it is, my comments are very general and based solely on your age group and other standard national competitions. Your pieces are perhaps too "easy." The Bach Polonaise is too easy, and so are the Chopin Valse and possibly the Schubert Klavierstucke (unless you play with sublimity). For your age group, usually there is an etude or a virtuosic piece thrown in there. For Baroque selection, the most common choice is a Bach Prelude and Fugue.
My suggestion, therefore, you may take it or leave it, is to drop the Bach Polonaise, Chopin Valse and Schubert Klavierstucke. I see you are working on Chopin A major Polonaise. Use that one instead. So you are left with Mozart Sonata Mov. 1 about 8 mins and Polonaise about 6 mins.  That's pretty close to 15 min max.
What do you think?
Good luck in your prep.

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Re: Competition repertoire
Reply #4 on: June 24, 2013, 10:49:42 AM
I'm sure that I'll play there the Mozart which is 4 min. long because in the competition is not good to play repetitions. The second will be the Schubert, about 6 min long-I know that it isn't really "hard" piece, but I think that it is still " a piece" of music and there are many interpretative things that the jury could appreciate. The only probleme is the Chopin-i don't feel any of these two (polonaise and the valse) difficult enough. I would probably try to prepare some of Chopin etudes, but I don't know if I can handle it. I'm practising Czerny etude op.740 no.12 which is a bit similar to the Revolutionary, so I'll maybe do this one. Or I was considering about Rachmaninoff prelude Op.23 no.5 which I personally love the most and it doesn't seem to be that "difficult". I actually can play the first page of the prelude. Do you think that it would be fine to play the prelude g minor?
Bach-Prelude and Fugue 2
Mozart-Sonata 545
Schubert-Klavierstucke D946 - 1, 2
Chopin-Etude 10/9, 25/12
Liszt-Un Sospiro
Rachmaninoff-Prelude 23/5, 3/2
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