Is this piece too hard for me? Let's figure it out with Dominic

Peter Golemme Hi Peter! Yes, my program is fixed. 
Beethoven sonata op. 7 , Bach WTK2 c-minor and D- major, Chopin op. 61 Polonaise-Fantasie, Cesar Franck op. 18 Prelude, fuge et variation. I am still in the middle of all pieces. I set the June for runs through all pieces and program. Recently I have played the 1. mvt of Beethoven for my friends. https://youtu.be/i1X67185Mko?is=Zuo7apG9ozRk9kZf Have a nice day. 🙋‍♀️

Kerstin Wow that's a big program, not just in terms of technique but also in terms of the depth of the pieces.  I checked out your Op. 7 Mvt. I & can see that it is very polished already. I played this piece in the early 2000's in the class recitals for a course I was taking in the New England Conservatory extension division. Somewhere I have a recording of it on cassette.

 I wasn't quite able to achieve the briskness of your tempo, which I think is just right. It needs to be quick enough so that those 16th notes around mm 290 come out as a kind of blur of harmony (your version) rather than a rattle of distinct notes. (my version!). And then the 16th notes on the main theme just before that.  Yikes! I would get really stiff there.  (Bringing to mind the theme of this upcoming live stream!)

I also like your dynamics.  Most of my recordings by pros really exagerrate the sfz's, hammering them out in an enormous burst of volume in contrast to ultra soft p's, which doesn't make for a pleasant listening experience.. I think Beethoven intentionally wrote for the dynamic range of his piano which would not have been nearly as large as a modern piano.  Your sfz's are just right,  very well accented and distinct from the context, but not shocking us out of our seats. 

I understand that Beethoven used this one as a show piece for himself in his early days of establishing himself. 

You've really got this movement under control & I think it's going to sound great, & I'm confident the remainder is going to be equally good.  I hope you'll share it with us at some point.  The 4th movement is one of my favorite Beethoven piano movements of all time.  Keep up the good work!

Peter Golemme Thanks for your kind words. In the first place I was hammering around too. 😂 My teacher slowed me down from fffff to f. If you have time and you like it, I have played the 2.+3. movement on a Steinway in Leipzig. https://youtu.be/NvjbGTVJEx0?is=_2JW9mFkHV23mAPY
The 4. mvt is still not memorized. I am fighting with it. Bach and Franck I won‘t play from memory. That’s too much for the time I have.  

Kerstin Listening to it now and loving it. It's like getting to visit with you. Lovely transition to third movement. Thank you for posting it!

NANCY M Hi Nancy! Thank you so much. This was a nice experience and the Steinway was fantastic. 🙋‍♀️

Kerstin Schön! I think you sounded better on the Steinway than the Yamaha, and great job with the chord voicings and dynamics! Your tempo is just right, too, and as was already said, you had just enough clarity in the ornamentations. 

Maria Thank you !

Kerstin Kerstin, thank you for sharing this with us.  Now THERE's a piano worthy of this piece, especially the 2nd movement. I can really hear the work you've put into the nuance and detail of touch and expression.  all of it so well thought out.  And what patience one must exercise with this 2nd movement, to count it SLOWLY and not rush through the silences. And not too slowly lest the listener lose track of the melodic line.  I think your tempo here is perfect and you stick with admirably. 

I also love the third movement, so graceful and again very nuanced and well thought out.  Don't you love that Minore section which interupts the graceful repose of this moment like a violent summer storm that comes out of nowhere and then just as suddenly dissipates?

What was this Leipzig event? was it a Master Class or something like that?

Is your next recital going to be back on that white Yamaha console? That seems to be the same piano where you recorded your Chopin Sonata. You do manage to get a lot of sound and nuance (there's that word again) out of it notwithstanding that it doesn't quite compare with the Steinway.

Peter Golemme Hi Peter! You have a lot of questions. I have studied piano in Leipzig and I know a Professor there. He is teaching piano and he invited me to play with his other students. So I uses this opportunity. And yes, the recital will be on that white piano. I don’t like it to much, but I don’t have another one. I do my best to get the best out of it. Btw I have another recording of Chopin. I don’t know which one I have posted here. But this one is not on the white yamaha. https://youtu.be/LhDBGu_PPvo?is=xOrp1cQeXwRHxgmU
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Kerstin Thanks for indulging my many questions Kerstin.  Yes I am indeed curious about your plans to stage a recital in particular.  I staged my own public recital in Rutland,Vermont many years ago, and so I was especially interested in how you went about yours.  

This additional link is another wonderful performance by you. In addition, the sound, the acoustics, the piano, the recording are also really spectacular.  thanks for sharing it.