Dramatic Pieces.

[stevped]

I have been playing classical in high school for around 2 years and my teacher always forces pretty sonatas and sonantinas and pretty little music.

This year, we get to pick our recital piece so I told her to play a piece out of a book called "Knight Rupert" by Shumann (sorry for wrong spelling). I loved the drama in the song. She also played "The Storm"/ "L'orange" which was really cool, too.

Please tell me some pieces that are really dramatic and require lots of dynamic.

[opus57]

Have a look at Beethoven...

Opus 2 No. 1 4th Mvt.
Opus 31 No 2 1st Mvt.
Opus 57 1st Mvt
Opus 110 all Mvts.


Very dramatic in my eyes

[dan101]

The Beethoven suggestions are super. If you want something short, try the C minor Chopin prelude. In the same set, the D minor is very dramatic, but much more difficult.

[jinfiesto]

Ummm. Honestly, for this level, the Beethoven suggestions are retarded. L'orage and Knight Rupert are chump change compared to the Sonatas listed. For your level, go buy the Applause books published by alfred. They're impressive pieces (to laymen) with the express purpose of being accessible.