GRIEG'S
PIANO CONCERTO
KHATIA
BUNIATISHVILI
Edvard Grieg. Orchestre
Songwriter:
Edvard Grieg
instrument:
piano
country:
geórgia/tbilisi
album:
motherland
label:
sony classical
genre:
classic
year:
2014
Born in Georgia, Khatia Buniatishvili discovered piano at
the early age of three. She gave her first concert with Tbilisi Chamber
Orchestra when she was six and was subsequently invited to tour internationally
with them. Throughout her career, she has performed at venues around the world,
such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Royal
Festival Hall (London), Musikverein and Konzerthaus (Vienna), Concertgebouw
(Amsterdam), Berlin Philharmonie, Paris Philharmonie, Théâtre des
Champs-Élysées (Paris), La Scala (Milan), Teatro La Fenice (Venice), Palau de
la Música Catalana (Barcelona), Victoria Hall (Geneva), Tonhalle (Zurich),
Rudolfinum (Prague), Grand Theater (Shanghai), Beijing NCPA (Beijing), NCPA
(Mumbai), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), and Esplanade Theatre (Singapore). Khatia has
participated in the Salzburg, Verbier, Gstaad Menuhin, La Roque d’Anthéron, and
iTunes festivals, as well as LA’s Hollywood Bowl, BBC Proms, Klavier-Festival
Ruhr, and Progetto Martha Argerich.
Georgian classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili plays the
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 by Edvard Grieg. Orchestre National du
Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Tugan Sokhiev. Composed in 1868, it was the
only concerto that the Norwegian composer completed. It is one
of Grieg’s most popular works and among the most popular of all piano concerti.
The concerto is in three movements:
Allegro molto moderato (A minor)
Adagio (D-flat major)
Allegro moderato molto e marcato – Quasi presto – Andante
maestoso (A minor → F major → A minor → A major)
The first movement is noted for the timpani roll in the
first bar that leads to a dramatic piano flourish. The movement is in the
Sonata form. The movement finishes with a virtuosic cadenza and a similar
flourish as in the beginning.
The second movement is a lyrical movement in D-flat
major, which leads directly into the third movement.
The third movement opens in A minor 4/4 time with an
energetic theme (Theme 1), which is followed by a lyrical theme in F major
(Theme 2). The movement returns to Theme 1. Following this recapitulation is
the 3/4 A major Quasi presto section, which consists of a variation of Theme 1.
The movement concludes with the Andante maestoso in A major, which consists of
a dramatic rendition of Theme 2 (as opposed to the lyrical fashion with which
Theme 2 is introduced).
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