Can you recommend a piece by Brahms

[bannanie]

The following is my fourth year recital program. I want to add in a piece by Brahms, but I can't decide! I have never formally studied any works by him. Can you recommend something that will compliment the rest of my program? Thanks! Length-wise, no longer than 10 minutes please.

Bach - Partita no. 1
Beethoven - Sonata op. 2 no. 3
Brahms - ??
Debussy - Bruyères, Des pas sur la neige, Les collines d'Anacapri
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody no. 11

[j_menz]

Something from Op 118?

Or 119?

Or maybe one of the Op 79 Rhapsodies?

[patrickd]

His Variations op 21 no 1.

[redbaron]

Brahms is at his best when he is at his most dramatic so I would suggest one of the following pieces:

Ballade Op 10, No 1
Cappriccio Op 116, No 1
Ballade Op 118, No 3
Rhapsody Op 79, No 2
Scherzo Op 4

[thecomposer10]

I second the op. 79 rhapsodies. I played the first one last year and it remains a highlight of my highschool piano career.

[virtuoso80]

The Rhapsodies are Brahms for people who don't generally like Brahms. 

[samborzi11]

I learned the Rhapsody in g minor (op. 79, no. 2) for my senior piano recital in HS. (on which I also played Beethoven op. 2, no. 3) Since then, it's been one of my go-to pieces in a crunch. It's a crowd pleaser and enjoyable to play.

[piano51]

I'm playing the Op. 79 No. 2 Rhapsody right now and it's really fun to play and actually pretty easy to memorize. The solo version of Hungarian Dance No. 5 is awesome too.

[niluh01]

I love the First Intermezzi from Three Intermezzi op 117.

[steinway43]

Instead of one piece by Brahms a set of smaller pieces by him would fit very nicely.

Capriccio, Op. 76 No.2 in B minor
Intermezzo, Op. 76 no 7 in A minor
Intermezzo, Op. 118 no. 2 in A Major
Hungarian Dance No.1 in g minor

[jknott]

that's way beyond 10 mins, though you could probably fit a couple of them in.

what about one of the op.117 - or you could perhaps fit two if you play them faster than radu lupu.

[thalbergmad]

I don't think i could recommend anything by Brahms.

Thal

[pianoplunker]

The following is my fourth year recital program. I want to add in a piece by Brahms, but I can't decide! I have never formally studied any works by him. Can you recommend something that will compliment the rest of my program? Thanks! Length-wise, no longer than 10 minutes please.

Bach - Partita no. 1
Beethoven - Sonata op. 2 no. 3
Brahms - ??
Debussy - Bruyères, Des pas sur la neige, Les collines d'Anacapri
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody no. 11

Ballade in G minor - 5 minutes