Hi folks,
fairly new on these forums. (amazing resource BTW.)I'm returning to piano after 20 years and playing catch up. want grade 8 in 2-3 years.
I'm just putting together a collection of pieces.
A. pieces to play around with and figure what to polish. Mostly lower grades 4-5 that I played as a child.
B. pieces that I would like to polish up a bit mostly grades 5-7
c. Pieces that I would like to play but perhaps not just yet. :-) I joke and add my fav Rach Prelude to here. *grin* and remove it again.
QUESTION 1. : Level advice for Beethoven Rondo in C 51. 1. I have the music and no idea where it is from.
QUESITON: 2. What were your fav pieces for grades 5-7 that are a bit "showy" or you liked for performance. I am going to be having some musical parties with musical friends and want a couple of nice pieces to play that won't disgrace me toooooo much.
MY LIST --> if it will load.
C Tchaikovsky Swan Lake waltz (arr. Bartok)
C Tchaikovsky Swan lake waltz (arr. Langer)
C Dvorak Humoresque 101. No. 7
C Brahms Hungarian Dance No1. Gminor
C Sleeping beauty suite for piano (arr. Rach?)
B? Beethoven Rondo in C op. 51 No. 1
A Haydn Sonata 48 C Major
A Beethoven Sonatina in F Anh. 5, no 2 1. Allegro
A Beethoven Sonatina in F Anh. 5, no 2 2. Rondo
A Haydn Sonata C major Hob. xvi 15, 1. Allegro
A Haydn Sonata in C Hob. XVI / 35. 3. Adagio
Clementi Sonatina in G op. 36 no 5. Allegro
B Dow Open Spaces (little grade 3 ish piece.
B Chopin Mazurka op. 24 no. 1
B Shore Concerning Hobbits
B Mozart Sonata K545 in c
I know there is a few there, but I am managing about 2 hours a day at the moment and many of the A pieces are nearly ready for HT or are in parts. I get bored and tend to focus on one or two then spend some time looking at tricky bits from these other ones pracising the hard bits so when I come to play them I've got those bits down. I use these as practice too so if i'm struggling with Trills I play all the trill bits from all the pieces when my hand is sore from the one I was trying to get perfect. I normally find I get it right after that.
anyway, love some advice. I'm adding every suggestion into a SPOTIFY playlist so I can listen and see what I like. I have a playlist of all these pieces as well so I can listen to them round the house.
link in case anyone is interested. To the pieces that I am playing
https://open.spotify.com/user/1251239157/playlist/0MYXN9C8EZUP2hf6zkp1XDRecomendations?
Sarah