Hi, i have just been asked by my teacher to learn a movement of any beethoven piano concerto... as a german youth orchestra are visiting and they need somebody to play the piano soloiest part....

can somebody PLEASE PLEASE recommend the easiest movement for ANY beethoven piano concerto.. it has to be technically realy easy please... or easy as they come...

i really dont wana miss out on this opportunity, as im probably never ever gona be able to have an orchestra back me like this...

I don't know of any, but amazing pianists like SteveHopwood and YetAnotherPianist will come along soon and answer your question!

It sounds like a fantastic opportunity though, well done for being asked to do it!

thx, i know, it just came out of the blue too! i need to learn it by march, when the german orchestra arrives..

i realise second movements are the easiest, but of which particular concerto?

The first movement of the C major Op 15 No 1 is pretty accessible - I'm giving it a whirl at the mo. The Urtext edition comes with three cadenzas (cadenzi??) so you can be brave, courageous or foolhardy as you choose.

What a wonderful opportunity - hope you enjoy it!

yes but how is it technically?

Pretty accessible!!

sorry wats that mean? lol, easy to get?

Erm, it isn't too difficult I would say.

It is a concerto so obviously it isn't going to be easy, but I guess Fen means that it isn't too bad to get to grips with.

hmm.. ok thx, il have a look for it now.. anybody got any other suggestions also please?

Go for the middle movements of either 1, 2 or 3.

My recommendation for you is no 2.

We are talking concertos here though; nothing is easy.

Steve

Thanks Saxlover - remind me to engage you as an interpreter in future - right on the button

Thank-you.

I don't know why but I always imagined No.4 to be easy, the 2nd movement that is!

IrisH - LoonY

Such wise words there.....

Aye

IrisH - LoonY

Didn't think you'd miss the opportunity to name-drop that you've looked at the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 4th .

In the hands of all but experienced players the 2nd movement of Beethoven's fourth piano concerto is divine; in the hands of anyone else, it would sound either thoughtless or sentimental. The notes don't look that hard but to play them well is incredibly difficult. One day, as with the debate about easy and hard Chopin etudes, you might understand this....

Ahhh so it's a question of expression and self interpretation more than anything?

IrisH - LoonY

P.S. I thought the thread was about technical difficulty? But if the intepratition side is far more difficult...then

Hmph...took the words right out of my mouth!

I think all of the replies have been trying to provide an answer that is
1) technically achievable
2) interpretationally (if I may coin the word?) achievable

Which I imagine is what someone of tris54's apparent ability (nice one - grade 8 merit!) is after....

lol i think u missread my signature.. im only grade 8 now.. looking and aiming for a distinction.. i passed 7 with merit hehe...

and yes fen, im looking for something more technically easier... and something perhaps a little more emotional....

1)Technically easy (or as easy as they come)
2) And if the piece is more centred around emotion (which it surely will be if its technically easy) i wont mind...

to give an example, something like Beethovens Second Movement of Sonata Pathetique...

ps thx for all ur help, any more help would be GREATLY apppreciated

I agree with Steve - I would go for the second movements of either concertos 1 and 2. These would suit your requirements best as you seem to like the second movement of the Sonata Pathetique.