I don't really enjoy the second mvt of the tempest, but I don't think that means I don't love Beethoven. He is by far my favorite composer and I don't think my choosing to play a full sonata or not reflects that. For most competitions and recitals, they allow seven to eight minutes of music at most. As I mentioned, I am not a professional I am a high school student looking to play what I love before I graduate. I completely understand the benefits of completing an entire work, but my real problem is that I don't realistically have the time. I don't see the problem in playing a single movement because many people seem to do that. Is the problem musical maturity in which you don't think I can handle the third mvt without first playing an entire sonata?
If you think I'm not ready yet, please recommend a piece of lower caliber but maybe of similar style. Thanks!
I really like 4 bars in the a-flat major ballade, I know! I play them, and just don't care about the rest. Hey, since I don't like it?! No but seriously, You say you don't have time for the rest of the tempest, or mozart, or.. WHAT THE HELL?! One movement from op 90?! It's a sonata with 2 movements, not 4, but 2! That really upsets me. A lot! Really, how do you think "I don't have time to finish a piece with 2 movements, so I start 3rd movement from appassionata" sound? How do you find time for that? But fine, after the op 90 I really don't care... Maybe 2nd movement of the waldstein can be something as well! It's only an introduction, but why care about that?Do whatever you want... If your goal in life is to compete in really low level competition, where you play for seven minutes, fine.