Winter Dream by Nancy Lau is an absolutely gorgeous piano solo for the early intermediate player. You don't have to take my word for it; this piece was chosen by the National Federation of Music Clubs.
The almost continuous eighth notes help to depict a calm snowfall in the middle of a quiet woods. The B section of the piece continues the original melody over arpeggiated chords. The overall form is ABA. Both staves begin in the treble clef, so this may be a challenge to some students. There are rather large leaps, so students will need to develop fluid movement especially if they do not have large hands.
Here's a video (not my student or recording.)
Inside this piece you'll find:
4/4, key of d minor
pp, p, mp, mf, f, crescendo, diminuendo
eighth, quarter, half, dotted half, and whole notes and corresponding rests.
slur, pedal, similie, finger changes, harmonic fifth played with 1 and 3, RH over left, accidentals, Left hand switches clefs several times, arpeggiated chords with finger crossover, rit, a tempo, fermata
You can look inside this piece here. It is $2.50 at Sheet Music Plus.
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