Frédéric Chopin · Romanticism
1810–1849
1830 · Piano and orchestra · Warsaw
Tonality
Without a unique tone. There are two concerts: # 1 in My child and No. 2 in fa minor.
From the atril
Chopin wrote his two concerts at about twenty years, in Warsaw, before leaving Poland forever. The number deceives: # 2, in fa minor, was the first to be composed, and # 1, in my minor, premiered it in his farewell concert of 1830. They were his letters of presentation as a pianist and composer to Europe.
For the soloist they are pure pianistic poetry. The orchestra has a discrete role, and has often been criticized, but the piano sings, overcomes and shines like no other work of the time. The slow movements are the heart of both: nocturnal with orchestra, of an infinite lyrism, which Chopin related to his youth love for a Warsaw singer. The endings have Polish taste, with rhythms of popular dances such as the Krakowiak and the mazurca. To touch them is to enter the intimate world of a romantic young man.
What to hear
- The Romance of Concert No. 1.
- The Larghetto of Concert No. 2.
- The endings with rhythms of Polish dances.
