Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2

Όπως πάντα, θυμηθείτε να απενεγοποιήσετε τη μουσική του ιστολογίου στο κάτω μέρος, για να απολαύσετε το κομμάτι του Chopin

Ο αγαπημένος μου Frederic Chopin θα μας κρατήσει συντροφιά κι αυτό το Σαββατοκύριακο. Σας παρουσιάζω το (λιγότερο γνωστό) Κονσέρτο για πιάνο Νο. 2, σε μια εκτέλεση από την Συμφωνική ορχήστρα του Σύδνεϊ, με διευθυντή τον Edo de Waart και σολίστα τον Stephen Hough.

Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, was composed in 1830, before he had finished his formal education — he was around 20 years old. It was first performed on March 17, 1830, in Warsaw, Poland, with the composer as soloist. It was the second of his piano concertos to be published (after the Piano Concerto No. 1), and so was designated as "No. 2," although it was written first.

The work contains the three movements typical of instrumental concertos of the period:

1. Maestoso
2. Larghetto
3. Allegro vivace

In the finale, the violins are at one point instructed to play col legno (with the wood of the bow). The main theme of the final movement, as introduced by the piano, is classic Chopin - a delicate and yearningly poignant melody reminiscent of some of his mazurkas

Μέρος 1ο Maestoso



Μέρος 2ο Larghetto



Μέρος 3ο Allegro vivace



Stephen Hough is a British-born classical pianist, composer and writer. He became an Australian citizen in 2005 and thus has dual nationality (his father was born in Australia in 1926). In 1978, he was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition and won the piano section. In 1982, he won the Terence Judd Award in England. In 1983, he took first prize at the Naumburg International Piano Competition in New York. Hough holds a Master's degree from the Juilliard School and was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001. He has studied with Heather Slade-Lipkin, Gordon Green, and Derrick Wyndham. He is also a notable composer and transcriber, and often includes his own works in his recitals. The premiere of his cello concerto, written for Steven Isserlis, took place in March 2007, and in the summer of the same year Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral performed masses he wrote for them.
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