GCSE Music Piano Performance (+REP)

[Ashley]

Well we have our performance coursework coming up soon and I am going to be playing Praeludium II BWV 847 by Bach - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeJ0l6mEd4)

but a short while ago while practising I wondered if the piece itself would be "impressive" enough even though it's immensly hard and whether I should play Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck) instead.

I know that by playing either of these pieces I will get a very high grade, but I would like your opinions on which you think I should play.

+REP for all helpful comments.

[benn!]

play the one you're best at.

there is a chance you could crack under pressure - i did (****** up on the very last note ://) so do the one you're best at, less chance of it happening. :]

[Ashley]

Thanks, I'll take that into consideration. +REP

[Bevvie]

:] Hmm i like the second piece better.

But i think you should play the one your more confidence with. They are both impressive. Good luck with your performance.



play the one you're best at.

there is a chance you could crack under pressure - i did (****** up on the very last note ://) so do the one you're best at, less chance of it happening. :]

Haha that happened to me aswell. I messed up on the last note. Everything was perfect till near the end. :O

[Ashley]

I done the performance on Friday and all went well, I got full marks.
I decided to do the Bach Prelude. :)

[Coldplay]

Congrats!

[:Edzy]

Well we have our performance coursework coming up soon and I am going to be playing Praeludium II BWV 847 by Bach - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeJ0l6mEd4)

but a short while ago while practising I wondered if the piece itself would be "impressive" enough even though it's immensly hard and whether I should play Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck) instead.

I know that by playing either of these pieces I will get a very high grade, but I would like your opinions on which you think I should play.

+REP for all helpful comments.

I'm not sure which you should do;

baroque pieces are hard to put emotion into and thats basically what the mark out of 10 is and i have no clue how much the difficulty out of 5 would be for the second one but i recon the baroque piece would be a 5. And if you play it well you only need 8/10 to get A* in performance. The second one i think is it romantic, is it? but yeahh, easier to show expression and emotion so it depends what your best at!

good luck!

Edit: ohh crap too late, well done anyway lol :D

[Ashley]

Thanks to both above comments. :)

Edzy, yeah Baroque is much harder, that's why I was shocked when they said I got full marks. The Beethoven piece is classical, not romantic by the way.

[:Edzy]

Thanks to both above comments. :)

Edzy, yeah Baroque is much harder, that's why I was shocked when they said I got full marks. The Beethoven piece is classical, not romantic by the way.

sounds to me that you're a bit of a virtuoso if you managed to play that and get full marks ;)

i got 4 marks short of full marks but i do voice but yeahhhhh :)

course finished now :D

[Ashley]

sounds to me that you're a bit of a virtuoso if you managed to play that and get full marks ;)

i got 4 marks short of full marks but i do voice but yeahhhhh :)

course finished now :D

Been playing for 9 years. :)

[Kieran]

I love moonlight sonata and if played well it sounds amazing as it is quite a complex piece. I'm a fellow piano player myself who did GCSE music. For my coursework I stayed well away from classical and played a song by Enya, got me full marks! Wasn't even complex just had emotion and dynamics. Just play the one you can put most feeling into =)

[:Edzy]

I love moonlight sonata and if played well it sounds amazing as it is quite a complex piece. I'm a fellow piano player myself who did GCSE music. For my coursework I stayed well away from classical and played a song by Enya, got me full marks! Wasn't even complex just had emotion and dynamics. Just play the one you can put most feeling into =)
Never even heard of Enya, what era was he/she?

[Kieran]

As said, not classical. She is a modern musician.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KIpt_BIrIzM

Was the piece I played adapted to full piano

[prada]

sounds good! wish i could play like that, i did keyboard lessons for abit was **** so i gave up lmao.

[Fehm]

Personally, id play Praeludium II BWV 847 by Bach. Id do this because theres alot more musical techniques in there, and you can rerli show off. Moonlight sonata can be a bit boring as it is very popular amongst piano players.

Goodluck:) Im in the same boat as you! But im not doing Praeludium II. :P

[Ashley]

Personally, id play Praeludium II BWV 847 by Bach. Id do this because theres alot more musical techniques in there, and you can rerli show off. Moonlight sonata can be a bit boring as it is very popular amongst piano players.

Goodluck:) Im in the same boat as you! But im not doing Praeludium II. :P

Read the rest of the thread... I done the actual performance quite a while ago now.