Nielson / Ibert

livinlife63 · Post by **livinlife63** » Mon May 18, 2009 1:53 pm

so..
my teacher just recommended Martin Ballade because it showcases a lot in a few minutes,, what do you think?
I asked her about the Tulou, but she never said anyhtign about it,, she just was like the Martin is great!

so now i'm conflicted again..

stewyflute13 · Post by **stewyflute13** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:13 pm

yeah the martin is great i love it a lot i think you would be great with that
i think it is a great and standard college audition piece go for it!

livinlife63 · Post by **livinlife63** » Mon May 25, 2009 12:57 pm

Now that Ive decided that im going to do Martin Ballade,,, what do you think is a good contrasting piece to play with it .
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stewyflute13 · Post by **stewyflute13** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:04 am

i would say mozart but you probably already have to play that as a required piece on your audition list?

maybe here is a good place to add in something like enesco, faure, or chaminade, or if you want a Big showpiece, maybe even Genin's Carnival of Venice or Borne/ Bizet's Carmen Fantasy

livinlife63 · Post by **livinlife63** » Sat May 30, 2009 3:21 pm

yeah, Mozart is required for all the schools im auditioning for,,

right now i have Mozart G, Martin Ballade, Bozza image, and then I was thinking a good contrasting piece would be prokofiev sonata?
What do you think?

stewyflute13 · Post by **stewyflute13** » Sat May 30, 2009 3:56 pm

wow that is an incredible list of pieces, the only problem is there is a lack of representation from all the major periods, but when i think about the pieces more i realize that there really is a lot of contrast between these pieces

bozza is a french, impressionistic piece while prokofiev is considered by many to be the warhorse of the 20th century flute Solo literature and is Russian and also i believe is actually considered very late romantic music so this makes it very different from the bozza image martin is quite different also, being a swiss piece with some mixed meter and considered definitely a 20th century staple piece

there could be quite a bit of contrast here even though these pieces do not have the normal baroque, contemporary, romantic, impress., 20th cent. outline...

i would be very interested to hear from some other people on this forum about their thoughts on this since these pieces are so different and yet do not represent a baroque period or standard middle of the romantic period, etc.

BTW, livinlife63; what movement of the Prok. will you play? I played the 1st movement for my auditions this year and am working on the rest of the Sonata now... I was just wondering. =)[/i]

livinlife63 · Post by **livinlife63** » Sun May 31, 2009 12:10 am

oh wow, that all seems to prove very true,
hmm i guess i have more thinking to do? but i would love some more opinions!

as of right now im not sure, ive ruled out movement 2, but i love the rest of the three and have done all of them. I love the first movement, thats what first drew me to this piece but the others are pretty incredible as well.

livinlife63 · Post by **livinlife63** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:09 pm

i think i just decided to do the 3rd movement,,,,

livinlife63 · Post by **livinlife63** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:44 pm

oh sorry,, i meant 4th!

stewyflute13 · Post by **stewyflute13** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:29 pm

good choice i think the 4th mvt. is the best option especially for the competition youre looking at!!

it is almost a stand alone piece on its own it is so amazing and incredible