User:Funper/Piano Concerto Op. posth. (Liszt)

Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto in E flat major Op. posth. (S.125a), was composed in 1839.

Form

The concerto consists of only one movements:

1. Allegro maestoso
2. Quasi adagio
3. Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
4. Allegro marziale animato

History

The main themes of Liszt's third piano concerto were composed in 1825, when he was a fourteen years old. These works had been published as opp. 1, 2 and 4. He requested copies of these compositions in a letter he wrote to his mother in March [1836]], adn he would later rework them ..,. etc. The score of this concerto appears to date from autumn 1839.

He seems to have completed the work in 1849, yet made further adjustments in 1853. It was first performed at Weimar in 1855, with the composer at the piano and Hector Berlioz conducting. Liszt made yet more changes before publication in 1856. Bela Bartók wrote of the work as being "the first perfect realisation of cyclic sonata form, with common themes being treated on the variation principle".

The movements of the piano concerto are played without a break.

Orchestration

This concerto is scored for a Romantic orchestra and calls for the following:

Woodwinds

Piccolo

2 Flutes

2 Oboes

2 Clarinets in B-flat

2 Bassoons

Brass

2 Horns in F

2 Trumpets in B-flat

3 Trombones (2 Tenor, 1 Bass)

Percussion

Timpani

Bass Drum

Cymbals

Triangle

Keyboards

Solo Piano

Strings

Violins I, II

Violas

Violoncellos

Double basses

External links

• Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 Analysis and description of Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major
• Piano Concerto No. 1: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project