Beethoven Piano Concertos and Violin Concerto
Piano Concertos: 1, 2, 3,
4, 5.
Violin Concerto
Opus
15: Piano Concerto
No. 1 in C major (1798)
Dedicated to Princess Barbara Odelscalchi
First Performance by Beethoven in Prague, 1798.
Orchestra: flutes; oboes; clarinets; bassoons; horns; trumpets; timpani; strings
Allegro con brio
Largo
Rondo: Allegro scherzando
Opus
19: Piano Concerto
No. 2 in B flat major (1795)
Dedicated to Carl Nicklas Edler von Nickelsberg
First Performance by Beethoven in the Burgtheater, Vienna on March 25, 1795.
Orchestra: flutes; oboes; clarinets; bassoons; horns; trumpets; timpani; strings
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Rondo: Moltol Allegro
Opus
37: Piano Concerto
No. 3 in C minor (1803)
Dedicated to Prince Louis Ferdinand of Russia.
First Performance by Beethoven in Vienna in 1803
Orchestra: flutes; oboes; clarinets; bassoons; horns; trumpets; timpani; strings
Allegro con brio
Largo
Rondo: Allegro
Opus
58: Piano Concerto
No. 4 in G major (1807)
Dedicated to Archduke Rudolph.
First Performance by Beethoven in Prince Lobkowitz's Palace in 1807
Orchestra: flutes; oboes; clarinets; bassoons; horns; trumpets; timpani; strings
Allegro moderato
Andante con moto
Rondo vivace
Opus
73: Piano Concerto
No. 5 in E flat major "Emperor" (1809)
Dedicated to Archduke Rudolph
First Performance in the Leipzig Gewandhaus, November 28, 1811.
Orchestra: flutes; oboes; clarinets; bassoons; horns; trumpets; 2 timpani; strings
Allegro
Adagio un poco moto
Rondo: Allegro
Opus
61: Violin Concerto
No. 1 in D major (1808)
Dedicated to Stephan von Breuning. (To Franz Clement on the autograph score).
First Performance 23rd December 1806
Orchestra: 2 flutes; 1 piccolo; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 2
trumpets; 2 trombones; 2 timpani; strings
Allegro ma non troppo
Larghetto
Rondo: Allegro