Piano Concerto No.1 (Mvt.1) // CHOPIN

The piano concerto no 1 in E minor, op 11, is a piano concerto written by Frédéric Chopin in 1830, when he was only twenty years old. It was first performed on 11 October of that year, in Warsaw, with the composer as soloist, during one of his “farewell” concerts before leaving Poland. It was the first of Chopin's two piano concertos to be published, and was therefore given the designation of Piano Concerto “No. 1” at the time of publication, even though it was actually written immediately after the premiere of what was later published as Piano Concerto No. 2. The first movement of the E minor concerto has three themes, which are introduced by the orchestra. The piano then plays the first theme (bar 139), followed by the lyric second theme (bar 155), accompanied by the main motif of the first theme in bass counterpoint. The third theme is in E major, introduced in the exposition by the orchestra and taken over by the piano (bar 222). The development begins in bar 385, with the piano opening with the second theme; the orchestra then develops the first theme. The recapitulation begins in bar 486 again with the orchestra playing its opening theme. (Source: Wikipedia) ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/PianoAdventureX ► Instagram: https://instagram.com/piano.adventure.yt/ ► Facebook: https://fb.me/PianoAdventureX ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/PianoAdventure Movement I: Allegro maestoso in E minor, Op.11 Work Title: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11 Composer: Frédéric Chopin Year of Composition: 1830 First Publication: 1833 – Paris: Schlesinger / Leipzig: Kistner Piece Style: Romantic Performer: Katsuhiro Oguri Artwork: © PianoAdventure Visualization: Synthesia