Piano Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev)

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Overview

Sergey Prokofiev set about composing his Piano concerto No. 1 in D-flat major ,Op 10 in 1911 and finished it in 1912. It is the shortest of his five complete piano concertos, lasting only around quarter of an hour. The three movements are termed as follows:

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

The first and last movement have a clear thematical relationship, the concerto begins and ends with the same spacious D-flat-major theme. The middle movement (A-flat/G-sharp minor)is darker but hardly less glorious than the other two, its climax abysmal rather than overbearing. Sergey Prokofiev won the Anton Rubinstein Prize for his pianistic accomplishments in a performance of the work before the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1914.

Analysis

See also

• Sergey Prokofiev

• Piano Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)
• Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev)
• Piano Concerto No. 4 (Prokofiev)
• Piano Concerto No. 5 (Prokofiev)
• Piano Concerto No. 6 (Prokofiev)

• Piano Concerto

External links

• The Prokofiev Page [link]

 

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