Beethoven: Sonata 15 (Pastorale)

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Hi guys, some time ago i played the storm sonata, but i pretty much learnded it on my own, without teacher. And now i started to play the Pastorale, and am wondering which one is more difficult to play, technically and musically.
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Hi,
I'm having a problem with a particular passage in Beethoven op.28 and wondered if anyone could suggest any practice techniques.
In bars 77-83 I'm having trouble getting the notes in the highest voice in the right hand to be heard over the other voices. It doesn't help that they're played with fingers 4 and 5. [img]http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6299/281ar7.jpg[/img]
Any exercises I can do to try and control the volume of these two right hand voices independently?
Thanks, Martin
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This topic concerns the 4th mvt. coda, Piu Alllegro quasi Presto.
I've now been practicing this particular passage (and the whole mvt. in general) for about 2 months and I'm still having problems getting my right hand to move in the right way. The wrist motions are there, the arm moves, but the fingers...unless it's warm inside, I have difficulty playing the runs effortlessly. Usually, I am not bothered by cold fingers except at the beginning of a practice session- they warm up within about 45 minutes to an hour. However, even after that- even after a day like today, where I had already practiced for nearly 5 hours before working on this passage, they feel stiff when executing the 16ths, as if they were still cold.
I have this sonata programmed for a recital in almost exactly one month. This is the last problem left in the entire thing for me. Does anybody with experience playing this passage have some good advice? Am I not moving my fingers correctly? Does the problem lie elsewhere?
To anybody who responds, thank you.
Phil
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