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All of the comments about auditions this season got me interested.

What programs have you performed (or are going to perform) this year?

Mine:

College Auditions
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (alternate with E-Flat Minor), WTC I
Beethoven: Appassionata Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57
Chopin: Raindrop Prelude in D-Flat, Op. 28 No. 15
Chopin: Revolutionary Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Shostakovich: Prelude in C Major, Op. 34 No. 1

Scholarship Competition
Shostakovich: Prelude in C Major, Op. 34 No. 1
J.S. Bach: Fugue in C Minor, WTC I
Chopin: Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2
Chopin: Revolutionary Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12

Graduation Recital (under construction )
Shostakovich: Prelude in C Major, Op. 34 No. 1
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, WTC I
Chopin: Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2
Chopin: Revolutionary Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Beethoven: Appassionata Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57 (1st mvmnt)
*intermission*
P.D.Q. Bach: Suite No. 2 for Cello All By Its Lonesome
Saint-Saens: Allegro Appassionato for Cello and Piano
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (1st mvmnt)

College auditions =

Bach - P + F no 3 in C sharp major
George Crumb - Dream Images (love and death music)
Beethoven - Op 10 no 1
Chopin - Ocean Etude
Schubert - impromptu in e flat (op 90 no 2?)

College Audition:

Bach Fm P&F, WTC I
Beethoven, op. 27, no. 1
Chopin, Polonaise in F#m, op. 44
Schoenberg, Six Little Piano Pieces, op. 19

Junior Recital:

Mozart Sonata K. 333
Chopin Etude in g sharp minor, op. 25, no. 6
Debussy Images book II
Prokofiev Sonata No. 7

Scholarship Competition this month

Beethoven op. 90
Brahms Paganini Variations bk. I
excerpts from Ligeti Musica Ricercata

Solo Recital Coming Up (hopefully):
Bach English Suite nr 3
Beethoven Sonata op 10 nr 3

Chopin Nocturnes (37.2, 48.1, 62.2)
Chopin Bacarolle op 60
Liszt Petrach Sonnet 104
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody nr 10
Scriabin Etudes (2.1, 8.3)

Encore (if there is one): Xiu Jin Bian, chinese composition

Sophomore recital (since I did not enter the university as a music major, my elective sophomore recital counted as my entrance audition):

Bach - English Suite #2
Bartok - Suite, Op. 14
Haydn - Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:26
Prokofiev - Sonata #3

Junior Recital:
Scarlatti - various sonatas
Mozart - Sonata in D major, K. 576
Chopin - Polonaise in f# minor, Op. 44
Ginastera - Sonata #1

Senior Recital:
Bach - Toccata in c minor
Haydn - Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23
Schumann - Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6

Masters audition:
Bach - Toccata in c minor
Haydn - Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23
Chopin - Fantasy in f minor
Prokofiev - Sonata #8 (mvt. 3)

Masters chamber recital #1:
Schubert - both piano trios (eek!)

Masters chamber recital #2:
Brahms - Clarinet Trio
Beethoven - Triple concerto

Masters Recital and Doctoral audition material:
Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, WTC I
Haydn - Andante and variations in f minor
Schubert - Sonata in a minor, D. 784
Liszt - Mephisto Waltz
Ravel - Une Barque sur l'Ocean

Doctoral Recital #1:
Haydn - Sonata in Ab, Hob. XVI:46
Prokofiev - 3rd Sonata
Schumann - Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Doctoral Recital #2:
Rameau - Suite in a minor
Beethoven - Sonata in A, Op. 101
Prokofiev - 8th Sonata

Doctoral Recital #3:
Mendelssohn - various songs without words
Schumann - Faschingsswanck aus Wien, Op. 26
Brahms - Handel Variations

Lecture Recital:
Albeniz - Iberia, bk. 1 + Triana

Possibly sometime next year:

Tornado - Markovitch
Toccata for Concert Snare - Rolfe (in the works)
Frogs - Keiko Abe
Raindance - Gomez
Yellow After the Rain - Peters
Etude, Op.6 No. 9 - Musser
-Intermission-
Clarinet portion

I'm not sure what I'd do with the clarinet portion, it all depends on what I study in the summer.


The piano recital I want to give around September is tentative. I'm getting a new teacher soon, and a lot of the repetoire will depends on him.
Ideally:
Prelude and Fugue in C major - Bach
Sonata in D - Haydn
Sonata in C, Op.10, No.1 - Beethoven
Nocturne in Eminor - Chopin
Hunting song from songs without words - Mendellsohn
Claire de Lune - Debussy
Hungarian Etude - MacDowell

To Kreisler: That's an impressive list of recitals. You have been blessed to have given many recitals

College audition:
Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C-minor No.2
Beethoven - Sonata No.5 Op.10,no1
Chopin - Nocturne in E-Flat/ Raindrop Etude/Prelude in Cmaj/Revolutionary
Joplin - Maple Leaf .. hahaha

(tentative) program for a competition next year:

Prelude from Bach English Suite in A minor
mvt 1 from Beethoven Sonata op 10 nr 3 (selection thanks to the forum members here, my teacher, among other people and entities )
Scriabin Etude op 8 nr 3
mvt 3 from Prokofiev Sonata nr 4

Panel Audition Program (tentative also)

Bach - Toccata (not sure about this one)
Beethoven - Waldstein (not sure either)
Lizst - La Campanella (might change too)
Prokofiev - Diabolique Suggestion (not sure)
Chopin - Revolutionary Etude

Bach might be replaced with Italian Concerto 3rd Movement, Waldstein might be replaced by my old Beethoven sonata (No. 11), La Campanella might be replaced with Chopin Nocturne (Op. 48, No.1) or Liebestraum No. 3, Prokofiev might be replaced with a Latin or American piece, and I might learn a new etude too (Either Rach, Mendelssohn, or a different Chopin).

Everything on there can change by next year!