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Topic: Concerto suggestions?  (Read 604 times)

Offline stringbot

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Concerto suggestions?
on: December 16, 2022, 01:28:40 AM
I'm choosing a concerto for a piano competition in April. I cannot choose Mozart or Schumann or Rachmaninoff. I also already have the book for Chopin concerto no. 1 but maybe that is too hard and long for the limited time I have to prepare. One teacher suggested a Beethoven concerto or Mendelssohn. I am conflicted about my choices. Can someone give any suggestions? Thank you.

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Re: Concerto suggestions?
Reply #1 on: December 16, 2022, 12:49:47 PM
Beethoven 3 is a great concerto and not the most difficult to play, but it depends on your skill level. Four months is quite short to thouroughly assimilate any concerto though. Does Beethoven 3 look like something that you could easily get on top of?

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Re: Concerto suggestions?
Reply #2 on: December 17, 2022, 03:38:13 AM
Sorry I forgot to mention, I only need to learn the first movement or the 2nd & 3rd movements.

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Re: Concerto suggestions?
Reply #3 on: December 17, 2022, 08:25:36 AM
Beethoven 5 is nice, though a bit overplayed for competition.
Mendelssohn 1 is great, might be too hard/long for 4 months of preparation. How about the 2nd and 3rd movement? Does that look like something you could work with?

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Re: Concerto suggestions?
Reply #4 on: December 18, 2022, 08:41:56 PM
One of my favorite concertos is Beethoven’s 4th (the 3rd movement especially is just incredible), maybe you can take a look at that one. Also if you only have to do one movement and you’re starting at the end of December you could probably do Chopin 1.

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Re: Concerto suggestions?
Reply #5 on: December 19, 2022, 03:19:21 PM
My teacher now really wants me to play Mozart no. 27. It looks a lot easier but I'm kind of bummed that I don't get to play the Chopin. I am thinking about Beethoven too as someone else said the composer is suitable for me or possibly still playing the Chopin.

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Re: Concerto suggestions?
Reply #6 on: December 20, 2022, 01:26:32 PM
Liszt No. 1 is surprisingly easy- both to learn and to bring together with the orchestra or 2nd piano. It's fun to play, impressive, and great if you have a good sense of drama. 

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Re: Concerto suggestions?
Reply #7 on: January 02, 2023, 07:12:01 PM
Oh interesting. I’ll have a look at that.
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