juilliard Pre-College Division Choose Audition repertoire Question

[a99966613]

I am 15 years old and I want to apply for the Juilliard School next year

The following is the audition repertoire

Students ages 12 through 15:

A work by Bach, excluding the two-part inventions.
A complete sonata by Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven
A Romantic work by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, or Liszt.
A work by a 20th or 21st-century composer.


I have already practiced Pathetique 1st and 2nd (3rd not yet had finished)
21st repertoire I chose rachmaninoff prelude in g minor (have completed 1/7)

I still have not decided on bach and Romantic work, please recommend to me, I'm not good bach, do not recommend too hard . liszt consolation no 3 and CHOPIN Waltz Op.64 no.2 would be too simple ? or play well too can?

[visitor]

Highly discourage your choice and thought process for the Rachmaninov. Yes it is technically by chronology 20th century but it is neo romantic and not accurately representative of a more "modern" approach to composition , or harmonic planning,  melodic derivation and development etc.
I you want to stick closer his era and Russia perhaps a late Scriabin ie something after op 50.

Even it technically allowed I do not believe at the level you are attempting and how competitive and high the performance standard is ,  that the Rachmaninoff may be a competitive disadvantage especially w something already romantic in the line up.

I think also if you are more conservative but want to show your ability to handle different style

Look at something by Reynaldo Hahn
There is a lot to choose from it here is a little snippet or taste
 

Or if you have a prelude and a must them maybe some Marx

[ewalker1]

21st repertoire I chose rachmaninoff prelude in g minor (have completed 1/7)

Rachmaninov died in 1943, so certainly not in the 21st century!