Beethoven: Sonata 26 (Les Adieux)
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 Les Adieux
July 09, 2011, 03:52:59 AM by yodaofpiano
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Hey,
so in tennessee each year, we have the tmta competition where middle school and high school students play 15 and 20 minute programs respectively and are judged and subsequently awarded 1st, 2nd, and so on. this competition normally takes place every may, so i've got a bit of time until i have to perform my program. my question is this: my piano teacher wants me to perform the first movement of the les adieux beethoven sonata (without repeat) in 4 minutes max; she'd really prefer me to perform this in 3:30 minutes. Is this a reasonable amount of time to perform this sonata? After doing a bit of searching on youtube, i found recordings by kempf, rudolph serkin, ashkanazy, arrau and many others performing this around 7 minutes with the repeat, many often going over. I've timed myself several times and i can't get this piece under five minutes. I just feel that this movement is so gorgeous and profound that rushing the first 10 or so measures or the last 30 or so measures in order to meet this timeframe would be so inappropriate. any thoughts? I should probably also mention that in this 20 minute timeframe, the rest of my program includes the third chopin ballade, and reflets dans l'eau by debussy. I was originally going to also play the Prokofiev toccata but we cut that thinking that i wouldn't have enough time seeing as i probably wouldn't be able to play it martha-argerich-speed. 
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My recordings for the auditions next year
November 01, 2007, 01:09:50 PM by cardinals
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Track 1 and 2 - Bach: WTC Book2 No.5 Prelude and Fuge in D BWV874
Track 3 - Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux" in Eb Op.81a 3rd movement
Track 4 - Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in b Op.20
Recorded with 7-foot Steinway in CCM of Univ. of Cincinnati (Oct. 31)...THX
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Beethoven - Sonata No.26 Op.81a in Eb 3rd movement (Complete version)
June 04, 2007, 02:47:08 PM by cardinals
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I started working on this about a month ago...but honestly, I feel there are still many things to be done (this one is one of the pieces to be played in the audition early in next year)...I made a number of recordings and just selected one of them to upload it here...
Could you let me know which are the main things to improve and any practice tips for this?
Also, you will need to maximize the volume (PC and player) to listen to this...
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Beethoven Sonata Les Adieux 3rd mvt (fingering help)
March 06, 2007, 03:11:26 PM by gruffalo
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Hi, im having a problem getting one certain bar up to speed and the fingering that i have used feels awkward. the problem is with the LH in bar 67 coming down from the G. going up in that bar is fine, but it feels so awkward coming down that i cant get it to work. it is an awkward set of notes. the fingering im using for that whole bar is:
5(1) 3 2 1, 432, 12, 312, 312
I have long fingers and this combination just isn't working. Can anyone share that they use or suggest a better one for me? i have to get this up to speed in a few days because i need to play it at a competition on the 25th and hopefully at a concert a few days before that.
Any advice will be much appreciated.
Gruff
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choosing a Beethoven piano sonata
June 16, 2006, 04:54:45 AM by ben12345_5
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I'm choosing a Beethoven sonata movement to learn next year. My piano teacher gave me 3 choices:
1) Sonata No. 7 in D Major Op. 10 No. 3 1st mvt. Presto.
2) Sonata No. 18 in Eb Major Op. 31 No. 3 2nd mvt. Scherzo.
3) Sonata No. 26 in Eb Major Op. 81a "Les adieux" 1st mvt.
I think all of these pieces are within my technical ability (my previous pieces include Jeux d'Eau, Chopin Scherzo No. 2, Saint-Saens Piano concerto no. 2 1st mvt), but this is going to be my second priority piece. I'll mainly be working on Busoni's Carmen Fantasy  , and I don't have time to learn and polish 2 big pieces.
Anyway, I was wondering if you guys could maybe give me a suggestion on which piece to learn.
Thanks!
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