Concerto for Piano and String Quartet (Busoni)

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Concerto for Piano and String Quartet
by
BV 80
Opus17
Composed1878 (1878): Graz
Published1987 (1987): Wiesbaden
Movements4

BV 80, in 1878, at the age of twelve.[1][2] The original title was Concerto per piano-forte con accompagnamento di quartetto ad arco, Op. 17. Conceived for string quartet, the piano can also be accompanied by a string orchestra
as Concerto for Piano and Strings, the title under which it was published in 1987.

Background

Busoni was a child prodigy, first taught mostly by his father, both as a pianist and a composer. After studies in Vienna from age nine to eleven at the

Ave Maria and piano pieces.[4]

The score and parts are kept by the Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin as part of Busoni's Nachlass.[5]

Composition

The structure of the work is in four movements. As such it resembles a classical string quartet more than a piano concerto, which typically has three movements:

  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Scherzo – Trio
  4. Allegro vivace[2]

The duration is given as 20 minutes.[1] The work shows little premonition of the characteristics of Busoni's mature compositions, but rather pursues Mozart's models.[1] The reviewer of the first recording notes that the first entry of the piano shows "personalised nuance" and that the "Adagio has an unexpected seriousness but also a chaste intimacy and delicacy.[1] The lyrical Scherzo is reminiscent of Schubert, and the rather "conventional" finale is a display of compositional skill, including fine interplay between the piano and the strings.[1]

Publication and recording

The concerto was published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden, in 1987, edited by Larry Sitsky. The editor recommends, based on markings of tutti and divisi, to use a string orchestra, with double bass reinforcing the cellos, which was a common practise at composition time.[6]

It was first recorded in 1999 by Carlo Grante and the ensemble I Pomeriggi Musicali, conducted by Marco Zuccarini.[2][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Woolf, Jonathan (2003). "Ferruccio BUSONI (1866–1924) / Works for Piano and Orchestra". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Ferruccio Busoni / Concerto, for piano & string quartet in D minor, Op. 17, KiV 80". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780810851429
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  4. ISBN 0-333-23111-2
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  5. ^ "Concerto für Klavier und Streichorchester d-Moll Kindermann-Verzeichnis 80 = Concerto for piano and string orchestra D minor". searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Concerto für Klavier und Streichquartett, d-Moll Kindermann-Verzeichnis 80 / Concerto for piano and string orchestra, d minor". searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Concerto in D-, for piano and string quartet, Op.17, KiV 80". arkivmusic.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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