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Audition Rep: Impressive Etude for Small hands?
on: September 02, 2016, 08:48:02 PM
So the time has finally come to choose audition repertoire.  :-[I have about 1.5 years before auditioning so ample time to learn something difficult I guess. Basically am looking for etude suggestions for small hands(not Chopin). I am already learning Chopin's op25 no6 which seems to be working out well. I've had my eye on Liszt's feux follet, but the stretches were just impossible(Note: I can only reach an octave).

Mazeppa is also one etude I find just so gorgeous, but I have a history with injury so I'm not sure I'd want to play such a "stamina" piece as I've gotten trouble with those before, however for me only a few spots look "treacherous" and the rest is just "very very very hard"  ;D. Also looking at Chasse-Neige. Any suggestions of etudes with similar difficulty for small hands?

My other reperatoire will probably include Chopin's 3rd sonata, some schubert, and lutoslawski, havent decided which Beethoven Sonata yet either.

Beethoven:
Sonata no16
Concerto no 3
Schubert Impromptu op142 no1
Chopin:
Nocturne in D flat
Etude op25 no6
Sonata no3
Liszt Wild Jagd
Helps Homage à Faure
RachmaninoffConcerto 2
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Re: Audition Rep: Impressive Etude for Small hands?
Reply #1 on: September 03, 2016, 12:31:27 AM
This is so pretty and on my list of pieces to potentially select near future. And it Medtner so incredibly comfortable in the hands
 

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