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chopinlover23

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Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 1 op. 15 is it hard?

on: April 18, 2011, 08:59:30 AM

Beethoven's Piano Concerto no.1 is soo nice to hear and play, I was wondering if it is a good ''starter'' concerto?

I'll give you samples of what I play..

ROMANIAN FOLK DANCES by Bartok
THE GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR by Debussy
RONDO ALLA TURCA by W.A. Mozart
SONATA ''PATHETIQUE''- L.V. Beethoven
FANTASY IMPROMPTU- F.Chopin

so that's what I've currently learned.

Or if you can recommend an easier concerto that would be GREAT!

Thanks =D

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bartleson

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Re: Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 1 op. 15 is it hard?

Reply #1 on: April 22, 2011, 11:26:53 PM

Easier concertos -
Haydn D Major
Mozart #17 in G
Mozart #8 in C
Kabalevsky Youth Concerto in D

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bbush

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Re: Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 1 op. 15 is it hard?

Reply #2 on: April 23, 2011, 10:17:49 AM

Just curious: do you have an orchestra you can play with? I ask because I've avoided downloading concertos because the piano is only part of the piece... and it just seems like I'd be stumped by the missing parts.

I did but a couple books of piano transcriptions of symphonies, done by Busoni, that I thought might be satisfactory in that regard, but then they really don't have "piano parts". It's been an imperfect experience, for me, at least.

Bruce

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canada100

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Re: Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 1 op. 15 is it hard?

Reply #3 on: February 18, 2014, 02:14:32 AM

You should be okay. Based on your repertoire, it is perfectly fine to start studying Beethoven 1.

Haydn in D Major, Kabalevsky 3, as well as Shostakovich 2 would be good choices too.

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rmbarbosa

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Reply #4 on: February 18, 2014, 11:35:38 AM

There`s a american site that sells the orchestraL part of many concerts. It sends it to us by download. So it is allways possible to play a concert at home. I dont remember the name of that site. And yes, the no 1 is one of the easiest

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Best wishes
Rui

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