Chopin Prelude No.4

[hermanberntzen]

Is Chopin Prelude no. 4 a piece suited for Live Performance?
Or does it sounds to Easy or ''exercisy'' ?

[lelle]

what do you think yourself? It's certainly not easy to pull off well musically

[hermanberntzen]

I personally think it's performable but it's very short and i Don't know what other think about it i that way .. Of Course it's variated from People to people but Probaly it's not many that perform that piece

[ryan2189]

What kind of setting are you performing in?

In a setting with other performers where you are only expected to play for a limited amount of time, I think it's perfectly acceptable.

In the case of a personal concert where only you are performing, I believe the standard is to play all the preludes together as a set.

But it all depends on the situation.

[liszt_ani_rach]

it is definitely a beautiful piece but it isn't the sort of piece suitable for a crowd. chopin's nocturnes would be good for live performances!

[pianowolfi]

Not suitable for a crowd? I'd say that depends a lot of how you play it, and understand it, among other factors.
For sure there is nothing like "too easy" or "too exercisy" in this piece. I can't even imagine how anybody could see it like this. I mean, does the sense and essence of a good and profound piece of music have to do with concepts like "easy and hard" anyway? I don't really believe so.

[svetmira]

Of course, it's mainly up to you, but I thought I'd share my (albeit amateur) experience.

I performed it a few months ago in a group recital... with mixed results. People seemed a little taken aback by the mood of the piece (didn't quite fit with the rest of the programme - not my fault). On the other hand, this very fact ensured that, after the initial shock, I got their attention.
 
On the other hand, watching the video I realized that while it was techinically perfect (something not so hard to achieve) it lacked the musicality I had accomplished in the practice room. Nerves! My fault. But the result was it did sound a little "exercisy"... at least to the untrained ears of my partner.

Good luck!

[hermanberntzen]

Some reasons i would play this piece and not Chopin Nocturne 21 is beacause of nerves , with nerves i can't do the runs that are in the Nocturne , i would feel more safe with the Prelude no.4.
I'm also thinking of Traumerei by Schumann , i know that piece suits for performance.

[megadodd]

This piece is performed each day every year that Chopin died along with prelude no.6 and mozarts requiem. This was Chopins wish to have for music at his funeral, so I don't see why it won't be a good performance piece, since it actually was one of Chopins last wishes for it to be performed. A little longshot, but you get me

[werq34ac]

Some reasons i would play this piece and not Chopin Nocturne 21 is beacause of nerves , with nerves i can't do the runs that are in the Nocturne , i would feel more safe with the Prelude no.4.
I'm also thinking of Traumerei by Schumann , i know that piece suits for performance.

Both the prelude and Traumerei require an enormous amount of musical maturity to perform well. Do not underestimate their simplicity. Nocturne 21 is much easier to perform than the prelude and Traumerei.