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Title: help me to pick a piano concerto!
Post by: elenka on February 02, 2013, 10:40:08 AM

Hi Everyvbody!

I would like to start studying a piano concerto but I'm hanging between Mozart Piano Concerto E flat n.9 Jeunehomme and Beethoven Piano Concerto n.3 in C minor... Talking about technical difficulty I'd rather pick Mozart's one, but also Beethoven is challenging...

Title: Re: help me to pick a piano concerto!
Post by: p2u_ on February 02, 2013, 11:59:48 AM

Quote from: elenka on February 02, 2013, 10:40:08 AM

I would like to start studying a piano concerto but I'm hanging between Mozart Piano Concerto E flat n.9 Jeunehomme and Beethoven Piano Concerto n.3 in C minor... Talking about technical difficulty I'd rather pick Mozart's one, but also Beethoven is challenging...

Follow your heart, your taste, and don't listen too much to other people. Personally, I have trouble with Mozart and not so much with Beethoven, but still, since it's for study purposes, I'd recommend the Mozart first, and then the Beethoven. You may want to read something about the Mozart concerto too:

Wikipedia: Piano Concerto No. 9 (Mozart) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._9_%28Mozart%29)
Musical Musings: Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9 'Jeunehomme' (https://muswrite.blogspot.ru/2012/05/mozart-piano-concerto-no-9-jeunehomme.html)
On Mozart: An Interview with Alfred Brendel (https://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2002/oct/10/on-mozart-an-interview-with-alfred-brendel/?pagination=false)
Song of a Split Personality: Drama Through Contrast in Mozart's Piano Concerto No.9 in E-flat, K. 271 ("Jeunehomme") (https://everything2.com/title/Mozart+Piano+Concerto+No.+9+%2528%2522Jeunehomme%2522%2529+in+E-flat+major%252C+K.+271)
Miscellaneous thoughts on this Mozart concerto (https://members.aon.at/michaelorenz/jenamy/)

Paul

Title: Re: help me to pick a piano concerto!
Post by: elenka on February 04, 2013, 09:55:25 AM

Thanks for your answer :) I'll start with Mozart's one. At first listening it doesn't seem to be so difficult, obviously it requires lot of time to study it well :)I think i'm going to have fun this summer