Beethoven Sonata op2 no3 Difficulty

[daniele1234]

Hey, everyone. For the New Year I am thinking of studying Beethoven's sonata op2 no3 in C major. To give you some contextual information, in the past year I have played Schumann Concerto (recording here on piano street audition room), Les Adieux sonata (and Waldstein year before), Chopin Fantasie op49, Mozart sonata D major, and a some select Chopin etudes among other smaller pieces. My teacher has suggested the Beethoven C major op2 no3 as a good piece to learn next for my technical development as there are not only very awkward passages, but continuously throughout the piece is a string of awkward pianistic technique. However, having read some posts about the difficulties of Beethoven Sonatas, I am thinking that this one is in fact much easier than the other repertoire I have been playing recently (even supposedly easier than the Moonlight and Tempest which i played 2 years ago). Considering I am 14 and want to be thinking about my technical development at this age (of course musical as well), do you think this piece would be a good piece which would stretch me more than my past repetioire. Thanks for your responses!

[pianoville]

With your current repertoire op 3 no 2 should be easy! The only thing is that the last movement is pretty awkward. Apart from that it is not really that difficult. Why not do a Chopin sonata? I think you would enjoy it and they are all very challenging!

[brogers70]

The slow movement is just beautiful.