Dohnanyi Variations on a nursery tune

[arpeggio]

Hi,

I recently discovered this piece, called Dohnanyi Variations on a nursery tune. I’m not sure about it’s difficulty, there is some passages that looks quite easy but some others looks really hard. I also want to play this for a concerto competition, it’s not very well-known and it’s a long piece in one movement with a lot of variety in the character. I was wondering how hard is it compared to the other concertos, for example Rachmaninov Paganini variations?

Thanks a lot,

Arpeggio

[themeandvariation]

This is a great tune. The piano part in difficulty is comparable to the Rach Pag. Vars.
Very inventive . Brilliant in the orchestration, which is virtuostic at times. In fact, it is the difficulty of the orchestral part that will demand a good amount of rehearsal to achieve a fine performance.
The solo piano relation to the orchestra is not a David and Goliath archetype - (as with many concertos) - but one as more complimentary - with the orchestra showing off just as much.
Certainly this piece brings a lot of fun to a genre laden with stodgy cobwebs adorned with empty acrobatic gestures  .
I'd say go for it , especially if you can find an orchestra up for the task.