Piano duets (solo: pno -
2(picc).2.2.2 - 2.2.1.0 -
timp - str)
SKU:
BR.EB-8901
Composed
by Hans Gal. Solo
instruments; Softbound.
Edition Breitkopf. Solo
concerto; Early modern;
Music post-1945. Piano
reduction. 100 pages.
Duration 34'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 8901.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-8901).
ISBN 9790004185292. 9
x 12 inches.
The
composition of works for
solo piano runs through
Hans Gal's entire oeuvre.
Like all of the piano
reductions for his
operas, cantatas and solo
concertos, the piano
reduction of the Piano
Concerto Op. 57 was
written by the composer
himself. First performed
in Bournemouth in 1949,
the Piano Concerto fell
into oblivion after 1959,
only to be performed
again in 2009 by Hartmut
Hudezeck for the first
time in 50 years. The
chamber-musical texture
of the Piano Concerto -
each part literally plays
a role and has an
independent contrapuntal
function makes rehearsing
with the aid of the piano
reduction virtually
indispensable. The
present critical new
edition was prepared by
Anthony Fox with the
essential support of
Hartmut Hudezeck, who,
thanks to his practical
performance experience
and his expertise in the
field, was able to
address not only
questions of content but
also of performance
practice. Moreover, the
edition benefits from
Sarah Beth Briggs's
annotations, who first
recorded the work with
the Royal Northern
Sinfonia under the baton
of Kenneth Woods on CD.
The Concerto is notable
for its tightly organized
musical material shared
equally between soloist
and orchestra:
...attractive and
accessible... (Erik Levi,
BBC Music Magazine).
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