Piano Concerto No. 1 (Mendelssohn)

Piano Concerto in G minor
No. 1
by Felix Mendelssohn
Drawing of the composer by Eduard Bendemann, 1833
Key	G minor
Opus	25
Composed	1830 (1830)–31
Performed	17 October 1831
Movements	three

1. Molto allegro con fuoco in G minor

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2. Andante in E major

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3. Presto—Molto allegro e vivace in G major

Performed by Jose Iturbi and the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

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Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, was written in 1830–31, around the same time as his fourth symphony, and premiered in Munich on 17 October 1831.^[1] This concerto was composed in Rome during a travel in Italy after the composer met the pianist Delphine von Schauroth in Munich. The concerto was dedicated to her. Mendelssohn attended one party after another in Munich in October 1831, the month of the premiere, but he also played chamber music and taught double counterpoint. He performed the piece himself at the premiere, which also included performances of his Symphony No. 1 and the Overture from Midsummer Night's Dream.^[2] He had already written a piano concerto in A minor with string accompaniment (1822) and two concertos with two pianos (1823–24).