LTCL programme

[ypostma]

Hello everyone,

I couldn't find a bit where I had to introduce myself before posting a topic so here's my first post.

I'm an adult preparing for my LTCL exam. I've got three pieces so far but they only add up to 17 minutes (or something like that) so I'm looking for a few more pieces. I've got all French composers but from different eras:

Chopin: Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 (1836)
Faure: Nocturne No. 2 (1883) and
Poulenc: Intermezzo in A flat Major (1943).

I'm looking for a few more pieces to add. There are a few other French composers on the list that Trinity provides for LTCL but none of their music appeals much to me. (Debussy is not my thing)

I'd like some ideas from people who know (or at least seem to know) what they're talking about. Do you know any French composers who have composed pieces which can be approved for LTCL level?

Thanks so much for any ideas/tips. 

[j_menz]

Dig up some Bizet. His piano music is exceptionally good, and much neglected.

Charles Koechlin would also be well worth considering.

Jean Francaix would also be worth a look.

Alkan, Saint-Saens, Messiaen, Ravel, Ibert, Dukas and Boulez seem too obvious to mention.

[ypostma]

Thanks, I'll definitely have a look at those!

[symphonicdance]

I think Trinity is still expecting a candidate to have a balanced programme at LT level.  I don't suggest OP to include more than 2 "French" composers in the programme, especially if they belonged to similar periods.  You should be aware that you have Faure and Poulenc.  Also, you have two "nocturnes". 

In the rest of your programme, the examiners will more likely expect you to have pieces from baroque and classical periods, or otherwise, pieces by composers of different nationalities, e.g. American, Argentinian, Japanese, Russian, Germany, etc.

In my humble opinion, an all French music programme in FT may be more appropriate as specialisation is deemed acceptable at such level.

Remarks:  Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Debussy, Szymanowski, & Rachmaninoff in my AT; Bach, Mozart, Ravel & Prokofiev in my LT; Bach & Beethoven in my FT

[ianw]

I don't know what it takes to get different pieces approved at LTCL level, but you might get a few ideas by going to www.pianosyllabus.com and entering the name of whichever composer you have in mind and grade = 10. It seems like there's plenty there from the likes of Ravel,  Messiaen etc.