Piano Concerto (Grieg)

Piano Concerto
Piano Concerto
by Edvard Grieg
	The famous flourishing introduction
Key	A minor
Opus	16
Period	Romantic
Composed	1868
Movements	3
Premiere
Date	3 April 1869
Location	Copenhagen

The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, composed by Edvard Grieg in 1868, was the only concerto Grieg completed. It is one of his most popular works,^[1] and is among the most popular of the genre. Grieg, who was only 24 years old at the time of the composition, had taken inspiration from Robert Schumann's piano concerto (Op.54), also in A minor.

I. Allegro molto moderato

II. Adagio

III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato – Andante quasi – Presto

Performed by Neal O'Doan with the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra under Peter Erős

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^ Jacobson, Julius H.; Kevin Kline (2002). The classical music experience: discover the music of the world's greatest composers. New York: Sourcebooks. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-57071-950-9. Though not as popular as the Peer Gynt suites, this book says.

[1] Jacobson, Julius H.; Kevin Kline (2002). The classical music experience: discover the music of the world's greatest composers. New York: Sourcebooks. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-57071-950-9. Though not as popular as the Peer Gynt suites, this book says.

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