Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1, was composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1891, when he was 19 years old. Rachmaninoff dedicated the work to Alexander Siloti. He revised the work in 1917.
The work is in three movements
The first movement was premiered on 17 March 1892 at the Moscow Conservatoire, with the composer himself at the piano and Vasily Safonov conducting. The revised version was first performed in its entirety on 29 January 1919 in New York.
One of a group of early works Rachmaninoff intended to revise, together with the Capriccio on Gypsy Themes, Op. 12 and the Symphony No. 1, Op. 13.
The revised version has a tighter structure, more refined harmony, and more sophisticated piano writing and orchestration. The original thematic material is almost unchanged.
[edit] External links
- Rachmaninoff's Works for Piano and Orchestra An analysis of Rachmaninoff's Works for Piano and Orchestra including the Piano Concertos and the Paganini Rhapsody
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