A good first piano concerto?
Hi, I’m trying to figure out what piano concerto I should play for a couple of concerto competitions. I have never picked up a concerto before, but I have been playing piano for about 10 years and I am currently working on Debussy’s Pour Le Piano Suite along with a Moszkowski etude, a prelude by Chopin, a sonata by Mozart, and two preludes/fugues from the Well Tempered Clavier (I’m just including this so you know what level I am at). Any ideas with what concerto I should pick up? Thanks!
Based on your repertoire list, i would tend to stay away from the big Romantic works – Grieg, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Tchaik… even Mozart’s K.467 is awfully difficult. Musically it is one of Mozart’s hardest concertos. Many attempt it but fail – the beautfy of the 2nd movement is a trap as the musical phrase is often over romanticized and ornamentation is neglected. The first movement form makes the piece very hard to manage and keep together. Rhapsody in Blue someone suggested is technically a monster and the ensemble with orchestra is very tricky to keep together. The Warsaw Concerto is a pile of junk and is not worth playing no matter what anyone says. Amongst the circle of performing concert pianists, it a piece that is best ignored
I would suggest these concertos since this is your « first » experience. You want repertoire that will be straight forward to play and allow you to have ease with the orchestra.
The following are all very straight forward:
Beethoven Op. 15 #1 in C major
Mozart K. 413 in F major, K. 415 in C major and K. 488 in A Major
Haydn Concerto #2 in D major
Bach – A major BWV 1055, D minor BWV 1052
Clementi – Wo0 12 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Chopin – Concerto pour piano et orchestre N°1 :1er mvt (1/3)
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