Am I ready for A Phoenix Park Nocturne by Lourie? Other Suggestions?

[alacababba]

Hello All!
This Christmas break, I've really been wanting to break in some new music.  A few past peices I have played include:
Hunting Song by Mendelssohn
Dr Gradus ad Parnassum by Debussy
March of the Dwafs by Gerig
and a bit of Valley of the Bells by Ravel

Two weeks ago I brought in the Prelude from Le Tombeau de Couperin to my piano teacher and he was basically like "No...this is too adavanced for you. Maybe we can do it later?" Haha.  I just dont want that to happen again, and I wont see him until Janurary 9.  Plus I've fallen in love with a Pheonix Park Nocturne.  If not...I still have backup ideas.  If anyone has suggestions for other pieces that I could do now/in the future would be helpful as well

Thank You

[j_menz]

Hello All!
This Christmas break, I've really been wanting to break in some new music.  

Excellent! 

Two weeks ago I brought in the Prelude from Le Tombeau de Couperin to my piano teacher and he was basically like "No...this is too adavanced for you. Maybe we can do it later?" Haha.  I just dont want that to happen again, and I wont see him until Janurary 9.  Plus I've fallen in love with a Pheonix Park Nocturne.  

I wasn't aware of this piece before, so thanks for bringing it to my attention - it is really lovely. It is also pretty advanced and I suspect your teacher would say exectly the same about this as Le Tombeau prelude.

Why not look at some of Grieg's Lyric pieces, or some Debussy Preludes. Some Ibert or Kabalevsky would probably also appeal to you but may be harder to come by.

[alacababba]

Thanks for the warning Yeah, I was thinking of Greig's Butterfly, Puck, or Wedding day

[49410enrique]

Excellent!  

I wasn't aware of this piece before, so thanks for bringing it to my attention - it is really lovely. It is also pretty advanced and I suspect your teacher would say exectly the same about this as Le Tombeau prelude.

Why not look at some of Grieg's Lyric pieces, or some Debussy Preludes. Some Ibert or Kabalevsky would probably also appeal to you but may be harder to come by.

it is an awesome piece, though i would say it is probably not the best representation of his overall compositional style and tonal (or lack there of) tendencies. i do think it is pretty but mainly like those rhythmic moving sections more, and his other pieces that go more towards late scriabin style i think are much more interesting.

where where you!? i posted this a little while ago, third piece after the baines and eller.
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=49109.0  

i also second the nod to kabalevsky. i think if you want something in a more 'romantic' flavor, his rondo in a minor is a great work. really great. as aluded the score can be tricky to find, but i do believe it floats about on the interwebs in certain circles....

this is competiton music after all (composed for the 1958 tchaikovsky competition), this is a nice modern video by a talented young lady (but my favorite is cliburns from the competition finale

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im not spending time with dear dmitri right now but this is on my hit list for a next work by him (this or the piano concerto no 3, which ever i choose, the left over will be the next)
LOVE THAT THEME THAT COMES IN AROND 1:28!!

as for ibert, if you cannot locate the score, feel free to check my scribd i have had some up for quite some time. to my knowledge it is PD but not really super easy to find (not sure if imslp has it).

[alacababba]

Oh boy. That rondo sounds like a monster! Thanks for the suggestion