Matériel : Reduction
SKU: HL.14048211
10.0x14.25 inches. English.
Piano Concerto No.1 in C Minor is a work by Herbert Howells, scored for Piano and Orchestra, Op.4. This is the Piano Solo Part, which has been edited and completed by John Rutter. Spiral bound.
SKU: HL.14015537
ISBN 9780711989573. UPC: 888680908409. 8.25x11.75x0.509 inches.
Herbert Howells wrote his First Piano Concerto in 1913 while studying composition at the Royal College Of Music. This was his first orchestral work and was later renumbered as Op.4. Edited and completed by John Rutter. Duration: 39 minutes.
SKU: BR.PB-4960
ISBN 9790004207451. 10 x 12.5 inches.
The roller coaster of opinions - worthless, absolutely unplayable (claims Nikolaj Rubinstein, basically Tchaikovsky's desired pianist for his Concerto in B flat minor); brilliant, magnificent (Hans von Bulow, then first performer and dedicatee of the work) - demonstrates the work's initially ambivalent reception. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 is one of the most powerful and popular compositions of the classical music repertoire altogether; and it is also quite unconventional and runs counter to the norms of the time. Though it may seem strange to us today, let us recall that during his lifetime, Tchaikovsky was regarded disputable abroad (and especially in Germany), was considered an ultra-modern Russian composer, and was even accused of being a musical nihilist and primitivist. But one glance at the score of the piano concerto suffices to reveal its truly amazing character ...