Piano Concerto (Schoenberg)

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Arnold Schoenberg's Piano Concerto, Op. 42 (1942) is one of his later works, written during his exile in the United States. It consists of four interconnected movements: Andante (bars 1–175), Molto allegro (bars 176–263), Adagio (bars 264–329), and Giocoso (bars 330–492).^[2] Around 20 minutes long, its first performance was given on February 6, 1944,^[3] at NBC Orchestra's Radio City Habitat in New York City by Leopold Stokowski and the NBC Symphony Orchestra with Eduard Steuermann at the piano.^[4] The first UK performance was on 7 September 1945 at the BBC Proms with Kyla Greenbaum (piano) conducted by Basil Cameron.^[5][6] The first German performance took place at the Darmstadt Summer School on 17 July 1948 with Peter Stadlen as the soloist.^[7]