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A guide to Beethoven's piano concerto no.4 and its best recordings - Classical Music.
- Piano Concertos No.1, 2 and 3
- Piano Concerto No.4
- Piano Concerto No.5, The Emperor
One feature of the Piano Concertos no.1, 2 and 3immediately strikes even the most casual listener. They all begin with a lengthy orchestral introduction, before the piano enters – and when it does it is always solo and with a new theme (in the Third, a set of scales). Beethoven has grabbed your attention from the start.
In Piano Concerto no.4 he turns this on its head. The piano begins alone! It is a gentle, turning theme of just five bars, and it sets the tone for the whole movement. The second movement, where piano and orchestra seem to inhabit different worlds, like a warring married couple – angry, sweet, petulant – is quite frankly 21stcentury music. It is li...
Piano Concerto no.5, the Emperor, is by far the best known because of the sheer virtuosity it demands. Once again the opening is unique. Accompanied by chords from the orchestra, the soloist has to execute massive runs – before he or she has had time to hear the sound of the instrument, or the orchestra, or gauge the tempo the conductor has set, or...
Mar 2, 2020 · That night in Vienna, Beethoven unveiled the Fifth Symphony and the “Pastoral” Sixth. And the Fourth Piano Concerto and “Choral Fantasy,” in his last public appearance as a pianist.
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Dec 29, 2020 · We look at the piano and violin concertos that Beethoven wrote, as well as a selection of the best recordings by Kovacevich, Pollini, and others.
Jun 26, 2017 · The Scherzo begins with a nod to the opening of the Scherzo of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. At first, there is a strong, dancelike sense of pulse, but listen to the way this reliable sense of the downbeat becomes obscured and challenged as the music progresses.
Jan 26, 2019 · Lakeview Orchestra will perform Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”on Tuesday, February 5th at 7:30PM at the Athenaeum Theatre. Get Tickets. . Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95, B.178. Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
Sep 1, 2022 · In this broadcast of the opening concert of the 2021-22 Season, Daniil Trifonov joined Music Director Jaap van Zweden as soloist in Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. In addition, Mohagany L. Browne premiered her poem "A Country of Water," commissioned by the New York Philharmonic.
