- Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A flat major (Mendelssohn)
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The Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A Flat Major is dated 12 November 1824[1] and was written by Felix Mendelssohn when he was 15 years old, probably for himself and his sister Fanny Mendelssohn to perform at one of the Mendelssohn Sunday morning family concerts. Written for two pianos and a string orchestra, the work received its first public performance on 20 February 1827 at Stettin, where the cathedral organist, composer, baritone singer and conductor Carl Loewe organised concerts. Loewe and Mendelssohn were the two piano soloists on that occasion.[2]
The concerto may have been inspired by the occasion when Mendelssohn met Ignaz Moscheles in Berlin in 1824, when Moscheles accepted an invitation to visit Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy to give some music lessons to his children Felix and Fanny.
The concerto was not played for many years until the manuscript was found in the archive of the Berlin State Library in 1950.[1]
There are three movements:
References
- ^ a b [1] The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 03 – Mendelssohn Double Concertos on the Hyperion Records website
- ^ Portland Chamber Orchestra
Concertos by Felix Mendelssohn With opus numbers Early concertos Piano Concerto in A minor · Violin Concerto in D minor · Piano and Violin Concerto in D minor · Double Piano Concerto in E major · Double Piano Concerto in A flat major
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