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the green piano man

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Chopin f sharp minor polonaise and liszt tarantella

on: June 14, 2023, 06:41:28 AM

I will have a solo recital in august around 1,5 hours. I will play henle 7 grade pieces except the liszt 12.rhapsody(henle 9) but I picked these now. What do you think, how hard are they and will it get done till august

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the green piano man

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Re: Chopin f sharp minor polonaise and liszt tarantella

Reply #1 on: June 14, 2023, 06:42:23 AM

The venezia napoli tarantella of course

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Re: Chopin f sharp minor polonaise and liszt tarantella

Reply #2 on: June 14, 2023, 02:56:59 PM

Quote from: the green piano man on June 14, 2023, 06:41:28 AM

I will have a solo recital in august around 1,5 hours. I will play henle 7 grade pieces except the liszt 12.rhapsody(henle 9) but I picked these now. What do you think, how hard are they and will it get done till august

"How hard are they" is such a difficult question to answer. By what metric? They're hard pieces and you'll have to work hard if you wanna feel confident performing them in august. Have you read through them and determined for yourself what's challenging about them?

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the green piano man

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Re: Chopin f sharp minor polonaise and liszt tarantella

Reply #3 on: June 16, 2023, 09:04:46 AM

Yes I read through them and the tarantella technical demands are not that bad in my opinion. I think the hardest part at that piece is to play it flexible. With the polonaise the hardest thing is the length and to concenrtate through the whole piece. But I only played 25 minutes in one before and this concert will be around 50 minutes so im worried

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Reply #4 on: June 16, 2023, 12:17:34 PM

Sounds like you already have an idea of if you are gonna be able to make it with these pieces!

I would recommend you balancing your program with some easier pieces together with these ones. If you are not used to longer performances, or performing in general, it's nice to begin with something that's not too challenging. I often used to begin recitals with something mid tempo baroque. It demands some clarity of fingerwork, helping you wake up your fingers (mine can get sluggish due to nerves) and establish a more comfortable contact with the instrument. It helps a lot to get more comfortable with the situation before you launch into more difficult stuff.

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Reply #5 on: June 16, 2023, 09:54:38 PM

I'd caution against using new repertoire with only 2 months of prep time unless you are fairly experienced with performing. Getting the notes learned and (maybe) memorized is the first step, even once your polishing getting consistency in the quality of your performances is quite time consuming.

If you have some old rep you can bring back you might want to do that instead, but if you've played significantly more challenging stuff and you think you can bring them up to that consistent level, by all means go for it.

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the green piano man

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Reply #6 on: June 19, 2023, 07:49:22 AM

To the first one, yes I will do the exact same thing! I will play the whole bach french suite in C minor, thats not a big challange and I learned 3 movement of it earlier. And then I will play schubert impromptu a flat major op.142, these are good for "warming up your fingers" dont you think?

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the green piano man

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Reply #7 on: June 19, 2023, 07:51:38 AM

Quote from: bwl_13 on June 16, 2023, 09:54:38 PM

I'd caution against using new repertoire with only 2 months of prep time unless you are fairly experienced with performing. Getting the notes learned and (maybe) memorized is the first step, even once your polishing getting consistency in the quality of your performances is quite time consuming.

If you have some old rep you can bring back you might want to do that instead, but if you've played significantly more challenging stuff and you think you can bring them up to that consistent level, by all means go for it.

The concert will be in october/november so i have around 4-5 months. And how consuming do you think it is? Is it enough the time I have in your opinion?

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lelle

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Reply #8 on: June 24, 2023, 10:52:05 AM

Quote from: the green piano man on June 19, 2023, 07:49:22 AM

To the first one, yes I will do the exact same thing! I will play the whole bach french suite in C minor, thats not a big challange and I learned 3 movement of it earlier. And then I will play schubert impromptu a flat major op.142, these are good for "warming up your fingers" dont you think?

Sounds like something I could put first in a recital programme for those reasons, yes. But you are the only one here who really knows your body, what works for you, and what you can do in the provided time frame.

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