Repertoire Choices

[skywalker_06]

Hi all!

I'm participating in a "WSMA Solo and Ensemble Festival" and a Chopin Competition this year. But I'm having trouble choosing the pieces I want to play! For Solo and Ensemble you get to play a solo (or ensemble, but in my case a piano solo) of your choice from a pre-selected list subdivided into three classes: Class A, B, and C...If you choose a Class A piece and perform well enough the adjudicator may send you to state to perform there for another adjudicator. There are no prizes, but it's nice to get the comments from other people other than yourself and piano teacher.

I'm considering a few pieces that I've picked out from the list for s&e but I can't choose!
1. Chopin Waltz Op. 18 E flat
2. Chopin Prelude Op. 28 No. 16
3. Liszt Liebestraum No. 3
4. Sibelius Romance Op. 24 No. 9
Here's the link to the list: https://scripts.wsmamusic.org/music_list/pdf/Events_7000.pdf.zip

Now for the Chopin competition, you can choose any Chopin work as long as it's 10 minutes or less. I was thinking the Barcarolle. I wanted to play the Polonaise-Fantasie, but that piece obviously exceeds the time limit.

What do y'all think?!

[abel2]

Hi all!

 "WSMA Solo and Ensemble Festival"

Are you from Wisconsin?

[chopinlover01]

For your big piece, the Barcarolle could work. So could a number of polonaises, the second and third ballades, scherzi 2 and 3, etc.
There's a lot to choose from, just choose the one you can play best. If that's the Barcarolle, great; if not, then whatever it is, so be it.

[rubinsteinmad]

The Ballade #1 is under 10 minutes (usually). I agree with chopinlover01, the Barcarolle, Polonaises, 3rd Scherzi, etc. are also very beautiful.

I like all of the pieces on your list, but I especially love Liszt's Liebestraum nr. 3.

[skywalker_06]

Are you from Wisconsin?

Yep actually!

[chopinawesome]

Op.18 is a very long piece(9 pages with repeat signs everywhere). If your hands are big, this piece would be not as tricky. However, then you have the grace notes to worry about.
Op.28 no.16 is hard. I usually get nervous, so I sometimes miss a note or two during fast notes.Which pieces are you playing?
LIszt Notturno No.3's cadenzas are a pain. A very big piece and hard piece. Harder than the Op.18 Waltz.
Sibelius Romance is a great work for people with big hands. I adore this piece a lot.

Op.28 no.16  and liebestraume are probably the hardest. Look through the pieces first. Do you think
you can play one of these pieces well in a period of time?

And choose the Barcarolle. I love it thougn it is very difficult(sixths and double thirds).

[abel2]

Yep actually!

Ah, cool, I'm in the same festival. I'm doing the Granados Spanish Dance 5, which is easy, but hey, I'm doing like 13 things. I say if you have the musicality, go for the Liszt. If not, maybe some of the more modern stuff?

[trollbuster]

hilarious  

sockpuppets everywhere trying to sound like real musicians

posting about how many pieces they play  

they should make it a rule

you must make a vid of you playing every piece you claim to be able to play and post it in the audition room

LOL   it would be so funny to see all those lists then.

[chopinlover01]

It'd be funny to see how many people you've attempted to "bust", including myself via a PM, are real trolls.
Surely you've got something better to do than calling people fake (without any sort of cleverness, I might add)?

[mjames]

surprisingly porn films have awesome soundtracks. i stumbled upon rach's prelude in d. now im thinking about playing it...

yes apparently some  porn films do play rachmaninoff in the background

[chopinlover01]

That's actually interesting... and I can kind of see it working.
Remind me to consult you when I require intimate knowledge of porno scores.

[dcstudio]

That's actually interesting... and I can kind of see it working.
Remind me to consult you when I require intimate knowledge of porno scores.

LOL     how inspiring

[rubinsteinmad]

It'd be funny to see how many people you've attempted to "bust", including myself via a PM, are real trolls.
Surely you've got something better to do than calling people fake (without any sort of cleverness, I might add)?

ROASTED 

[chopinlover01]

LOL     how inspiring

I can see it now; "Variations on the theme of a porno", Op. 69

[dcstudio]

I can see it now; "Variations on the theme of a porno", Op. 69

or maybe full scale works like:

An American in Porno   or  the Long Dong Silver Symphony  

this string has really digressed into utter madness  

[rubinsteinmad]

The Red Violin is a porno movie.

No one warns Emily; she just watches it and BAM, after Pope's concert, there he is nude having an orgasm with his violin.

[chopinlover01]

or maybe full scale works like:

An American in Porno   or  the Long Dong Silver Symphony  

this string has really digressed into utter madness  

And have lots of fingerings all over the score