What is the piano recital programme for the Trinitity ATCL?

The current syllabus is available here: http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=1587. When a newer syllabus is available, it will be posted on the same page.

You can also find a list of all the exam board piano performance syllabi here: http://theperfectfourth.blogspot.com/2011/07/compr...

First off, choose this with your teacher, but... I have several problems with it... 1) Too many Romantic pieces... I have this problem too, Romantic pieces are my favorites... But really you need more variety... I'd say knock out the Brahms with a Beethoven Mozart or Haydn sonata... Choose something else (I'd recommend the Liszt or the Rachmaninoff) and get a Bach, Scarlatti, or Handel piece. Bach prelude and fugues work great! Scarlatti has some great sonatas... Handel has some awesome suites, as does Bach... There's tons of Baroque pieces, you really should have them... So balance it out a bit... Try to have a piece from each period... I know, I'm guilty of this too, but trust me, it will be a much better program.. 2) Too much Chopin!... Sorry pal, but I recommended you drop one of them... Probably the Andante and Polonaise...Fill it in with some different pieces, Baroque and Classical ones maybe, or how about some Impressionism? Some Faure or Dvorak would be neat... Medtner or Scriabin would sure bring down the crowd... There's always Schumann my favorite composer, or Grieg... A 20 minute slot, you can use several different pieces in it... That's what I'd do, drop the polonaise and andante... Heaven knows there are too many people who play too much Chopin out there... 3) They're all rather, don't be offended, but predictable pieces... All slightly overdone pieces and pieces that are heard too often... The Brahms, Liszt and Rachmaninoff especially... Come up with more original, spicy, and brand new pieces! ESPECIALLY because you're going to be giving a recital to Freshmen... Introduce them to unusually performed pieces... They don't want to hear the same stuff over and over again do they? Especially because I would bet that most of them have played the majority of these over-done pieces... Well, that's my two cents... Good luck on your performance! --Schumiszt