BOSWORTH PLAYS BEETHOVEN 1ST CONCERTO MVT I PART 2 OF 2

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuAvkIHwEEk

The number 5 seems to have a certain allure for major composers in the history of western music especially when it comes to piano concerto writing. Not only Beethoven, but Prokofiev, Saint-Saens, and Rachmaninov all composed with that in mind. In the case of Beethoven, his First Piano Concerto was actually written as the second one, but published first.

Richard Bosworth had a chance to play it on July 15, 1995 with the Yaquina Chamber Orchestra in Newport, Oregon as a part of the Ernest Bloch Music Festival; this performance was conducted by Anthony Armore. Since it was recorded on an analog camera (Hi8 mm), the video quality suffered somewhat in the other movements due to imperfections on the tape. So the first movement is the only one that is presentable enough for viewing. If the problem can be recitified in the future, there will be postings for the remaining portions.

THIS IS PART 2 OF 2.

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Music

Tags:

• RICHARD
• BOSWORTH
• LUDWIG
• VAN
• BEETHOVEN
• FIRST
• PIANO
• CONCERTO

[Grigor99]

Very nicely played. I'm wondering why he elected not to play the "BIG" cadenza which is very virtuosic and longer which tends to balance the first movement lenght very well.

[bvbwv3]

Beautifully straightforward performance. Pity, that the other 2 movements cannot be heard. BV