What I'm Playing...University Recitals

For the final recitals at the New Zealand School of Music, a 3rd year student (finishing a Bachelor's degree) needs 45-55 minutes of repertoire. I am also doing 2nd-study viola, at first-year level, so I need 15-20 minutes of repertoire for that. This is the repertoire I'm doing for my final recitals:

Violin

Beethoven Sonata No. 4 in A minor, for piano and violin
Sibelius Violin Concerto - 1st and 2nd movements
Epitaphium - John Rimmer (New Zealand composer. This unaccompanied piece was written in memorial of the death of Alex Lindsay, a former concertmaster of the NZSO who died suddenly in 1974. Epitaphium is a latin word meaning "funeral oration." This piece has interesting staging, using five music stands arranged in the shape of a cross).

Viola

Bach Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 3 - 1st movement
Vieuxtemps Sonata in B-flat Major - 1st movement

Although I've got a lot more repertoire to learn, these programmes are otherwise seemingly less ambitious than previous programmes I've done, which have included more technically virtuosic works by Bach, Prokofiev, Wieniawski and Saint-Saens. My aim is to achieve a more musical and flawless execution of these works, to conclude and exit my degree with style rather than fireworks...and ideally making my last serious violin performance a good one.

In addition to performing we also write programmes (and programme notes) and do a viva voce (or kind of conversation about our programme), which make up part of our final grade.

(I do wish I had a piano at home to practice the accompaniment parts on so as to fully know the works, as I've got a lot of collaboration work in the sonatas, and not as much rehearsal time as I'd like, but oh well.)

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