Romantic Composers - Repertoire

[anastasiah1991]

Hi all,

I am currently preparing repertoire for a performance with only Romantic repertoire. The maximum duration of the performance is 20min.

I am already planning on performing Chopin Scherzo No2 (9.30) and Liszt Etude No 6 (Theme and Variations) (5.30).
I'm wanting something in addition to these which is short and beautiful, yet still difficult. I would love to play The Lark, but this will put me just outside of the time limit (5.30).

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[j_menz]

Play faster?

Over a minute to spare, and all decent performances.

[visitor]

+1@ ^

ALso consider

 

[visitor]

Pick and choose from |below set to fit your needs would work well too

[anastasiah1991]

Thank you for your suggestions.
I have definitely considered just playing the pieces faster, however I feel like it's a fine line between being under/over the time limit, and I'd rather not have to worry about playing fast on the day to make sure I'm within the time limit!

[chopinlover01]

Perhaps a Chopin prelude? Most all of the 26 probably would do for your purposes, except perhaps the slower ones (4, 6, 7, 20, 15).

[8_octaves]

I'm wanting something in addition to these which is short and beautiful, yet still difficult.

Hi anastasiah,

I have investigated the Gottschalk-area a little bit, where further fitting pieces could be found, I think!

Here there are some of them, which aren't exactly 5:00, but a little shorter, to give room to a ) compose / recollect oneself, or b ) playing things faster / slower.

A very good ( I think ) Youtuber, who is, imho, a very experienced Gottschalkian is playing the "Super-Mazurka" Souvenir de Lima:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flPSffDxlp8

Manchega, Cecile Licad: Manchega may be a difficult and tricky concert-etude. Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkkQ7GtqIbM

Marche de Nuit, Alan Mandel (Gottschalk-fans know that Mandel's recordings may polarize. But I like it.):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghJABInE8Hw

None of the three, especially not Manchega and Marche de Nuit, will be too easy. All of the three imho deserve it to appear on programmes often.

Very cordially, 8_octaves!

[quantum]

I would not recommend playing faster in order to meet timing requirements.  If those are your measured times, they are your times!  There is no reason to match the timing of any other performer just because yours is different.  A change in the pace of a piece should be done under the light of interpretation.  When considering speeding up a piece, the newly proposed tempo needs to fit what you want to communicate about the music.  


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If this is for dasdc, never mind da above paragraph.  You no want *low.  

[visitor]