Well guys, I want to learn a new concerto (a.k.a. I ditched my old one) and I stumbled upon the Mendelssohn 1. I really like it and I tryed it out, sight-reading wise, and it didn't seem ridiculous. Anyway on a scale of 1-10 (options 1-5 not being there, heh...) how hard do you think it is,
first movement only, mind. I mean expression, technical, everything, I want to perfect the 1st movement by next April. So, Mendelssohn concerto no.1, first movement, including every challenge required to
perfect it. How hard?
6=beethoven 1, mozart-lots, etc...
7=beethoven 3, beethoven 5, etc....
8=greig, saint-saens 2, etc...
9=chopin f-, scriabin, etc...
10=rach3, brahms1+2, prokofiev 2 etc...
Ok: dont ask me about the scale, i already know it sucks, ive never played any goddamned concertos cept beethoven 1!! meh, anyway im thinking 7 on this scale, but i want to know
YOUR opinion
(I ask this because I am lazy, and 10 is definately tooooo much work...... 9 too....)
I know i talk too much

Fred Smalls