Prelude in C Minor by Morovsky Level 3

 

Different challenges by level

At Pianuary we have arranged this piece in different levels, following the grading by PianoMarvel, to make it approachable for all our students in a gradual way and to show the challenges, pecularities and beauty of 19th century Russian Romantics in a gradual way.

Short description of the piece

ABA structure, Andante, Cantabile and Finale.

Relatively slow

Much dynamics, changing from pp to ff 

tempo changes, ritardando, breath and pauses (fermata), with frequent tempo changes.

Expressive pedalling.

melody alternates between  right and left hand

spans 2 octaves from (C2-C4 in LH, C4-G5 RH)

rather unusual C Minor key, with punctual accidental toggling (natural)

arpeggios

advanced articulation: slurs, accents

finger crossing and hand crossing

still relative simple chords in right hand, only 3 notes, more or less in the same hand position (thanks to chord inversions), and equally simple broken chords (no 4 note chords with very stretched fingers, as typical for Bach?)

Dificulties at Level 3

The original piece requires to stretch the fingers along more than an octave and cross the left hand over the right one. In order to simplify, this arrangement is kept strictly within