Need help finding a Mozart Concerto

[cometear]

Hi there everyone,
I'm looking for a Mozart Concerto to start. I have progressed a lot. This will be my first concerto. I'm a bit tired so just look at my stuff I'm playing now and in the past 1 1/2 years I played a child's etude. So yeah.

[j_menz]

Have you done any of the Sonatas? If not, I'd do a few of them first.

If you have (or once you have) jhave a listen to the later ones (18 on) and pick the one that appeals to you most.

What are you planning on using as an orchestral replacement?

[cometear]

Have you done any of the Sonatas? If not, I'd do a few of them first.

If you have (or once you have) jhave a listen to the later ones (18 on) and pick the one that appeals to you most.

What are you planning on using as an orchestral replacement?

I am planning to ask my piano teacher to be an accompaniment in an audition with some local community orchestras (still great experiences). If all goes well I may take it a step higher and try for the Albert M. Greenfield competition with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Again, that's if all goes well which doesn't seem viable. Thank you for responding.

[j_menz]

I am planning to ask my piano teacher to be an accompaniment in an audition with some local community orchestras (still great experiences). If all goes well I may take it a step higher and try for the Albert M. Greenfield competition with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Again, that's if all goes well which doesn't seem viable. Thank you for responding.

All noble aims. I do question the choice of Mozart, though. Particulaly for playing with orchestras and even moreso for a competition.

Mozart is reasonably easy to play, but deceptively (and exceptionally) difficult to play well. And, and little shortcoming really stands out. The same is true for the orchestral part, so even if you pull off a staggeringly good performance, not many community orchestras can manage even halfway respectable showings.

[kevinhall]

A Major, K. 414
E-flat Major, K. 449

[canada100]

Being your first concerto, I suggest you not do a Mozart. Mozart is deceivingly difficult both technically and musically. In fact, Mozart is actually the hardest concerto to play-not Tchaikovsky or Rachmaninoff. Mozart's K414, however, may be a good starting concerto. Other starting concerti include Beethoven 1, Haydn D Major, Kabalevsky 3, or Shostakovich 2. Stay away from the other Beethoven concerti, or the Romantic ones right now-learn them later when you have good enough technique.


Good luck!

[canada100]

Also, Mozart's difficulty make it hard for community orchestras-which are usually filled with nothing more than struggling amateurs. Even if you, the soloist can eek out a good performance, the accompanying orchestra can ruin it.