Essays Tagged: "piano concerto no 1"

Felix Mendelssohn

n was one of the rare composers that achieved fame and fortune before he passed away. Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor for a while was the most performed concerto ever written. Hector Berl ... s the most performed concerto ever written. Hector Berlioz even went around telling a story about a piano that was so used to playing Mendelssohn that it would play even when no one was touching the k ...

(1 pages) 2202 0 3.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Review of The Friends University-Community Symphony Orchestra 47th Concert Season Series

g and at the end very little Timpani. The song had one cadence in the middle.The next piece was the Piano Concerto No.1, Opus 11. Mvt. 1- Allegro maestoso, - Friedrich Chopin. Andrew Sun (winner of th ... inner of the Wichita Area Piano Teachers League competition) gave an astonishing performance by the piano.The concerto opens with a grand, sweeping orchestral introduction, which features all the prin ...

(3 pages) 21 0 4.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies