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Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, written when Mozart was 21 years old was his first unequivocal masterpiece of the form (according to Charles Rosen) and is still often recorded and performed in concert. The "Emperor" piano concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed in 1809 and was the last of Beethoven's five piano concertos. By ...
- 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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Sep 13, 2021 · No. 1: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” (215 performances) In 1809, France was at war with Austria and Napoleon’s army was shelling Vienna while Beethoven was composing his Piano Concerto No. 5. To escape the horrific noise, the hearing-impaired composer took shelter in his brother’s cellar, burying his head beneath ...
Jan 17, 2020 · Sun, Jan 19, 2 pm, Mahaffey Theater – Matinee. Tickets are $18-$48. Kids and teens get in free with Classical Kids tickets, available in advance. Join Michael Francis for the Pre-concert Conversation 1 hour prior. How fast 250 years goes by, and today everybody’s going nuts over the anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.
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 ...
Sergei Prokofiev set to work on his Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16, in 1912 and completed it the next year. However, that version of the concerto is lost; the score was destroyed in a fire following the Russian Revolution .
