A high-energy galop by the master of the Scandinavian dance style. It is distinctive for its driving rhythmic motor and sparkling melodic flourishes.
Ensure the rapid finger work remains light and detached at high speeds.
Boreas Storm Galop is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 6.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 5 — meaning you can already play level 4–5 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 Boreas Storm Galop lasts about 3 minutes.
Boreas Storm Galop is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.