Dedicated to his wife, this piece serves as a romantic tone poem celebrating a wedding at Grieg's home in Troldhaugen. It is distinctive for its vibrant, rhythmic outer sections contrasting with a tender, lyrical central section.
Achieving a warm, resonant sound in the middle section while handling the expansive chords of the outer sections requires careful control of arm weight.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, No. 6 is rated Henle level 6 of 9 — advanced repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 7–8. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 8.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 6 — meaning you can already play level 5–6 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 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, No. 6 lasts about 6 minutes.
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, No. 6 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 Ballade by Edvard Grieg, March of the Trolls, No. 3 by Edvard Grieg, Ballade by Jean-Amédée Lefroid de Méreaux — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.