Looking for advice on the Grieg Piano Concerto

[rspianist]

Hello all! This is my first post here - thank you to those who read/reply!

I am a high school student, but I have studied at the Manhattan School of Music PreCollege for 10 years. That is to say, I am relatively advanced. However, the Grieg is my first concerto! I've got about 2 months to learn the first movement which is not very much time at all. I could really use any advice you have for tackling it. Mostly, I'm concerned with the volume - there's just so much to do. How do you guys organize your practice time with such a large work?

Also, if it helps, I do not need to memorize it. Just learn it to a performance-ready level.

Please help me out, I really am quite desperate!

Thank you!

[chopinlover01]

Learn it in sections, then connect the sections one by one so that it becomes a fluent, coherent piece instead of a bunch of jumbled notes. Done well, this way creates a great representation of the form of the piece while keeping nuance.
Also, the hardest part of the piece is probably the cadenza; so learn it backwards. Joshua Wright has a great video on YT about learning large pieces of music (he relearned the Chopin B minor sonata in just a few days)

[j_menz]

the hardest part of the piece is probably the cadenza; so learn it backwards.

It's easier backwards? 

[thalbergmad]

Sounds better as well.

Thal

[stevensk]

It's easier backwards? 

Its not easier but backward playing is a professional way to learn an advanced piece of music

[visitor]

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=57573.0

[chopinlover01]

Who knows, maybe Grieg intended it to be that way What I meant was backwards learning, as demonstrated in Wright's piano tutorial for learning large pieces of music quickly.