Piano Concerto No. 2 (Mendelssohn)

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op 40 (MWV O 11) is a piano concerto by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.

Formation

Immediately after his honeymoon with his wife Cécile, born Jean Renaud, Mendelssohn wrote the Piano Concerto, Op 40; the work lasted from June to August 1837 concert is first mentioned in a letter he wrote during his honeymoon at his old friend Karl Klingemann. " but I made a concert I'm so happy for England, and still can not come to that. I want to know why that is so hard to me. "

About the Music

Set names

Analysis

All sets may overlap.

The introduction of the first movement is performed by the orchestra, which is supported by five clocks from the piano. After that will be presented by the orchestra, the first theme of the movement, while the piano follows with the second issue. The set is reminiscent of Robert Schumann.

A pianissimo of the first movement leads into the lyrical second movement.

The third movement combines elements of rondo and sonata form; Mendelssohn described the Presto as " piano fireworks ".

Effect

Mendelssohn conducted the premiere of the concert on September 21, 1837 at the 14th Music Festival in Birmingham. The friend of Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann was one of the work to Mendelssohn's " volatile products " and wrote: ". , It is as if one shakes a tree, the ripe, sweet fruit falls down easily "

Mendelssohn himself wrote about his composition: " The concert which is not too particularly as a composition, but the last part is so much effect as a piano fireworks that I often have to laugh and Cécile can not hear it often enough. "

Documents

• Christoph Hahn, Sigmar Hohl ( ed.), Bertelsmann concert guide, Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1993, ISBN 3-570-10519-9
• Haren mountain concert guide, Haren mountain communication, Dortmund, 1998, ISBN 3-611-00535-5