Name: Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.19 (For Piano 4 Hands) (Synthesia) | Videos | Gan Jing World - Technology for Humanity | Video & Movie Streaming
Uploaded: 2023-11-26T23:33:48.325Z
Duration: 25 min 14 s
Description: 1. Allegro con brio (B♭ major): 00:00 - Cadenza (by the composer): 10:28 - Tutti 12:40 2. Adagio (E♭... | Videos | Gan Jing World - Technology for Humanity | Video & Movie Streaming

Markus Bakke - Piano

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1. Allegro con brio (B♭ major): 00:00
- Cadenza (by the composer): 10:28
- Tutti 12:40
2. Adagio (E♭ major) 13:01
3. Rondo. Molto allegro (B♭ major) 19:19

The Piano Concerto No. 2 was composed by Beethoven primarily between 1787 and 1789, although it did not attain the form in which it was published until 1795.

This has always been my least favorite Beethoven piano concerto, but after having worked on it for some weeks, I must say that it has grown on me. Perhaps it's the lack of no clarinets, trumpets and timpani. 
I especially miss the trumpets and timpani, some of the most powerful instruments he uses in his fortissimos. We see many of beethoven's characteristic in this piece, such as musical jokes and lots of sforzandi.

The cadenza in the 1st movement is rather difficult. Stylistically, the cadenza is very different from the concerto, but it makes use of the first opening theme. Beethoven applies this melody to the cadenza in several different ways, changing its character each time.