Prelude 20 is a very simple 13 measure piece in c minor. Set at Largo (very slowly) the piece was easy to sight read near performance tempo (with molto rubato). The piece almost sounds as if a person is trudging along at a very slow pace, tripping every couple of steps.
Prelude 21 is also fairly simple due to the melody being in the right hand while the left hand plays chromatic 8th notes. Eventually when the right hand does play 8th notes along with the left hand the two hands play in octaves, making it easy to look at the music for one hand and think the same for the other.
Only a page of prelude 22 was left for today so I'll write more tomorrow when I finish it.
As my junior recital draws nearer I begin to realize how unprepared I am. Three of my five pieces are now memorized, however, two are not (one being french) and the other is a piece I picked just last week and haven't sang with my accompanist yet. The recital hearing is on the 26th. Less than a week away.
Here is another excerpt from my recital program notes:
Total time spent writing: 40 minutes.
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