Practicing Mendelssohn’s Rondo Capriccioso with Dr. Leann Osterkamp

Watch Dr. Leann Osterkamp teach the music of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and more on tonebase! ➡️ https://app.tonebase.co/piano/artists... While Mendelssohn immortalized the Scherzo genre in his Midsummer Night’s Dream, this exhilarating style of writing shows up regularly in his compositions. The fleet-fingered “Presto scherzando” section of his most famous piano work, the Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 is exemplary. It can also be a pain for the pianist. In this segment from her hour-long lesson on the piece, Steinway Artist Dr. Leann Osterkamp targets the chief technical challenges of the scherzando – including fast staccato playing, rapid alternating octaves, and oscillating double thirds – and shares insights into gaining facility in Mendelssohn’s scintillating passagework. --- tonebase gives you instant access to knowledge from the world's greatest classical musicians, performers, and educators. Learn more by visiting https://tonebase.co/piano Facebook -   / tonebasepiano   Instagram -   / tonebasepiano   Questions? Contact us: [email protected]