Concert piece

[jmallet]

I have been told that I don't choose good "concert pieces"...
 
so if you had to pick, would you perform in a concert:

 Movement 1 or Movement 3 from the Ravel Sonatine???

(or are they both bad choices and I should just do a showy chopin waltz :p )

also, how in general would you define a "good concert piece"? Usually I just pick music that I love and I think I have something to say about them.

[visitor]

Generally a concert stage work will be more grand, so something like this or somilar is usually more of a "concert" work

[avanchnzel]

At a recent recital I performed a short all-Ravel segment and began it with the Prelude from Le tombeau de Couperin, stuck the whopping Une barque sur l'ocean in the middle and closed off quietly with the Sonatine's second movement. I actually don't really like playing showy pieces and prefer the subtlety of Ravel's music to hook an audience instead.

Both the first and third movements of the Sonatine are good to play in a concert - and why not play the second movement as well?

I choose pieces that I believe the audience will enjoy. Most members of the audience aren't very well-acquainted with Ravel beyond Bolero and I like to show them the hidden gems among his piano works. Bad concert pieces to play alone, I think, are things like Le Gibet - makes me want to fall asleep!