A contemporary character piece by Akiana Molina that explores harmonic color and atmospheric textures. It relies heavily on expressive rubato and dynamic shifts.
Focus on the nuanced pedal changes required to sustain the atmospheric harmonic textures.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Alienación (Op. 15) is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Alienación (Op. 15) lasts about 4 minutes.
Alienación (Op. 15) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie, Gymnopédie No. 3 by Erik Satie, Berceuse triste by Mel Bonis — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.