Piano Concerto (Britten)

The Piano Concerto, Op. 13, by Benjamin Britten is a piece of classical music composed for piano and orchestra. It was written in 1938 and revised by Britten in 1945. In the 1945 revision it was given a different 3rd movement. The full version received its premiere at the Cheltenham Festival on July 2, 1946. The London premiere was performed soon after at the Henry Wood Proms in Royal Albert Hall with Noel Mewton-Wood as the soloist performing with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Basil Cameron.[1]

A highly regarded recording of the concerto in the 1960s featured Sviatoslav Richter at the piano with Britten conducting.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mitchell, Donald et al (2004). Letters from a life: the selected letters and diaries of Benjamin Britten. University of California Press. pp. 161. ISBN 0520242599. 
  2. ^ Woodstra, Chris et al (2005). All music guide to classical music: the definitive guide to classical music. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 1096. ISBN 0879308656.