Recital Arrangement Ideas
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 1:47 pm
So, I'm preparing a piano recital with the following pieces, and I've (tentatively) arranged them in this order:
PROGRAM
Gran Sonata No. 3 .... Nicolás Ledesma
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Tema con Variaciones
Barcarolle .... Jacques Offenbach (transcr. Josef Wöss)
from The Tales of Hoffman
Danza Española 9 (Mazurka Romántica) .... Enrique Granados
INTERMISSION
Country Gardens .... Percy Grainger
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 5 .... Sergei Rachmaninoff
Chaconne, BWV 1004 .... Johann Sebastian Bach (transcr. Ferruccio Busoni)
from Violin Partita in D Minor
What I'm wondering is whether this is a good arrangement of these pieces, or if I should change the ordering. Specifically, should the Chaconne be at the very end, or just before intermission, or should it be the first piece on the program? I haven't done many recitals, so I'm not too experienced in this. I have thought about swapping the two halves, so I start the first half with Country Gardens, and end it with the Chaconne; then begin the second half with Ledesma and end with Granados. What do y'all think? Thank you.
PROGRAM
Gran Sonata No. 3 .... Nicolás Ledesma
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Tema con Variaciones
Barcarolle .... Jacques Offenbach (transcr. Josef Wöss)
from The Tales of Hoffman
Danza Española 9 (Mazurka Romántica) .... Enrique Granados
INTERMISSION
Country Gardens .... Percy Grainger
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 5 .... Sergei Rachmaninoff
Chaconne, BWV 1004 .... Johann Sebastian Bach (transcr. Ferruccio Busoni)
from Violin Partita in D Minor
What I'm wondering is whether this is a good arrangement of these pieces, or if I should change the ordering. Specifically, should the Chaconne be at the very end, or just before intermission, or should it be the first piece on the program? I haven't done many recitals, so I'm not too experienced in this. I have thought about swapping the two halves, so I start the first half with Country Gardens, and end it with the Chaconne; then begin the second half with Ledesma and end with Granados. What do y'all think? Thank you.