Theodore Oesten's Alpenglühen is a popular Romantic character piece that paints a serene picture of mountain twilight. It features a memorable, lyrical melody supported by flowing accompaniment.
Pay close attention to the pedaling to create a smooth, blended sound, and practice the graceful leaps in the melody.
Alpenglühen (Op.193) is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
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 Alpenglühen (Op.193) lasts about 3.5 minutes.
Alpenglühen (Op.193) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.