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- Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2. This colossus of the piano repertoire topped the annual Classic FM Hall of Fame for the first time in 2001 and hasn’t strayed far since, reaching that No.1 spot an impressive eight times so far, since the chart began in 1996.
- Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 (‘Emperor’) We all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but in this case you absolutely can: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 absolutely lives up to its imperial nickname.
- Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor. The great Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg only completed one piano concerto during his lifetime, and it has become one of the most recognised in the world (thanks, in part, to the iconic comedy sketch by Morecambe and Wise, and the late André Previn).
- Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No.2. Shostakovich himself downplayed this concerto, saying it had “no redeeming artistic merits”, but audiences have always begged to differ.
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Intermezzo. III. Allegro vivace. The Miami International Piano Festival opens its 2023 – 2024 season with a spectacular “Concerto Evening” under the leadership of American Conductor HOBART EARLE Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra and THREE celebrated artists. An event that promises to be magical.
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Michael Francis conducts Rachmaninoff's sumptuous Piano Concerto No. 2 with electrifying pianist Joyce Yang. Sibelius sends off his Symphony No. 5 with the soaring “swan theme” in the finale, while the English horn is the elegant voice of his Swan of Tuonela. Fri, Feb 17, 8 pm, Straz Center Sat, Feb 18, 8 pm, Mahaffey Theater Sun, Feb 19, 7 ...
Dec 22, 2023 · 12: Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2. Nobody twinkles in quite the same way as Camille Saint-Saëns. His Piano Concerto No.2, one of the greatest piano concertos, was written (like Grieg’s) in ...
Sep 13, 2021 · No. 4: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (186 performances) With the possible exception of the opening notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the powerful beginning of Tchaikovsky ’s Piano Concerto No. 1—with its heroic horns and thundering piano octaves—may be the most famous in music. Speaking of famous openings, the concerto was one ...
