Author: mrn
Date: 2009-04-16 04:34
I second everything Christopher wrote.
I would also add that I really think you should, if possible, work up entire movements from these works, not just excerpts. A general rule for auditions, I'd say, is that it's better if they ask you to stop than it is for you to stop before the movement is over. More material is also preferable to less.
If I were you, I'd work up Poulenc and Mozart, and then if you're happy with those, work up Saint-Saens, too. But in any case, don't play anything you're not 100% comfortable with playing.
Poulenc is a great audition piece because it's not only challenging and modern, but it doesn't rely as much on an accompanist to make the music work, like the Brahms and Hindemith Sonatas do (I'm assuming you're auditioning without an accompanist). The last audition I played (not counting YouTube), I played Poulenc, too, except I played the 3rd mvt. rather than the 1st.
Best of luck to you!
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