GCSE Music Piano Performance (+REP)

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.

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. :]

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

:] 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.

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Originally Posted by 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. :]

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

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

Congrats!

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Originally Posted by Kaotix12

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.

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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

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.

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Originally Posted by Kaotix12

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.

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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

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Originally Posted by :Edzy

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

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Been playing for 9 years. :)

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 =)

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Originally Posted by Tenatious

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 =)

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Never even heard of Enya, what era was he/she?

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

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

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

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Originally Posted by KnownSinner

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

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