Pieces for 1 hour long repertoire?

[waltzifyer]

Hi all, My name is Zach and I'm new to this forum (first time posting), with a question. I've accepted an offer to a nursing home to play for an hour, but I fear my repertoire may be smaller than that. Although I know I can repeat a few pieces, I wish to avoid that as much as possible. Here is my current repertoire (listed below). My question, is if there are any pieces I should add, preferably 2-3 minutes. Thanks!
-Chopin Preludes 4,6,15, and 20
-Chopin Waltz in A minor Op. Posthumous
-Chopin Mazurka in A minor op 17/4
-Bach Invention 13
-Bach Invention 8
-A section of Chopin Etude 10/3

[azgrand]

Since this is a nursing home, most will be in their 79s and 80s. I think they would love to hear some lighter pieces, like pop tunes from the 40s and 50s. I sing with two different choirs at many nursing and memory care facilities and love to watch them really come to life when they hear their "songs from "yesteryear."

[azgrand]

I mean to intersperse them, or finish out your hour with pop tunes---I didn't mean to replace your classical numbers.

[pytheamateur]

Moskowski's Etincelles.

[justanamateur]

Are you technically capable of Chopin's Op 18 waltz? It's not too short. I once played it for my grandma while making silly gestures, which turned out to be quite entertaining for her. 

[quantum]

Play a couple older hymns and mix them with your rep.  You could also add some show or film tunes.  A couple jazz standards wouldn't hurt either.  Mix all these in with your art music rep. 

[theholygideons]

how about funeral march by chopin?

[wwalrus]

how about funeral march by chopin?

this is the funniest thing i've seen on this forum in a few weeks, at least

[coda_colossale]

Old people tend to like 9-2. So do musically uneducated and tone deaf people.

[amytsuda]

They tend to like Pathetique 2nd movement...Mozart Turkish March..... They are happy with anything they are familiar with or can recognize. Chopin Op 9 2 is the golden for them...as suggested above.

[justanamateur]

this is the funniest thing i've seen on this forum in a few weeks, at least

How about Beethoven Op 26? You can tell them you're going to play a great Beethoven sonata, and wait for their reaction when you get to a certain movement.

Then there's the harmonies poétiques et réligieuses...

Anyway, Chopin Op 53 'Heroic' would do as well, since it's used in film scores. That's probably too hard for the OP, but there should be simplified versions out there.

[justanamateur]

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[pytheamateur]

-A section of Chopin Etude 10/3

The middle section?

[waltzifyer]

No, literally the "A" section. I could play the middle section, but it's extremely harsh.