Combinations of pieces for easier learning

[psipsi8]

For the past while, I've been learning Beethoven's Sonata no.3 (op.2. no.3) and just coincidentally, because I had learned - in a so-so manner- the first movement Waldstein sonata in the past, (like 20 years ago) I started playing it as well and to make a long story short, I decided to learn the entire Waldstein sonata, alternating with the no.3 (practising each on alternate days) and I discovered that the learning of both is complementary because they share many of the same motifs - they are both nominally in C major- and without placing the scores side-by-side to specifically delineate their similarities, it is obvious to me that I have stumbled upon a combination which makes the learning of both, easier! I wonder what other combinations of pieces (Beethoven sonatas or otherwise), share this complementarity.

[pianistavt]

Beethoven's Sonata no.3 (op.2. no.3) , Waldstein  ..  I discovered that the learning of both is complementary because they share many of the same motifs ... it is obvious to me that I have stumbled upon a combination which makes the learning of both, easier! I wonder what other combinations of pieces (Beethoven sonatas or otherwise), share this complementarity.

That's interesting but isn't that going to potentially confuse the two pieces when you get to the memorization phase?  I've never worked on more than 1 Beethoven sonata at a time, and not sure I would want to ... at this point in my life I'm not drawn to Beethoven.  I'm trying to work on op109 but days go by and I don't look at it.  My guess is you really like Beethoven!

[psipsi8]

That's interesting but isn't that going to potentially confuse the two pieces when you get to the memorization phase?  I've never worked on more than 1 Beethoven sonata at a time, and not sure I would want to ... at this point in my life I'm not drawn to Beethoven.  I'm trying to work on op109 but days go by and I don't look at it.  My guess is you really like Beethoven!

No I don't really like Beethoven that much. But I was playing 100% Bach and decided to broaden my horizons. Funny, I started working on op.110, IT WASN'T HARD, the other two are harder, but you know? I hated it. It was so boring to play, sounds so much better hearing it played, but playing it bored me because as I said, coming from Bach, I wasn't in the correct mindset for these late Beethoven pieces, despite the fact that 110 contains a fugue.
What you said about memorization is true. However, I'm far from playing these pieces perfectly. I just want to reach a certain level in each of them and then decide which one I would like to perfect, when the time comes.