Piano Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev)

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Sergei Prokofiev set about composing his Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10 in 1911 and finished it in 1912. A one-movement concerto, it is the shortest of his five complete piano concertos, lasting only around a quarter of an hour. The concerto can be divided into three sections as follows:

1. Allegro brioso (7-8 min)
2. Andante assai (4-5 min)
3. Allegro scherzando (4-5 min)

The first and last sections have a clear thematic relationship, as the concerto begins and ends with the same spacious D-flat major theme. The middle section (G-sharp minor) is darker but hardly less glorious than the other two, its climax abysmal rather than overbearing.

Prokofiev dedicated his first piano concerto to the "dreaded Tcherepnin".^[1]

Sergey Prokofiev won the Anton Rubinstein Prize for his pianistic accomplishments in a performance of the work before the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1914.

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• The Prokofiev Page

v • d • e Concertos by Sergei Prokofiev Piano No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 · No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 · No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 · No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 53 (for left hand) · No. 5 in G major, Op. 55 · No. 6, Op. 134 (unfinished) Violin No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 · No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58 · Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125 · Concertino in G minor, Op. 132 List of compositions by Sergei Prokofiev