Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (1916-1983)

Concerto pour piano n° 1 (1961)

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1961
    • Duration: 25 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, Barry
    • Opus: 28
    • Commission: Serge Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress
    • Dedication: à la mémoire de Serge et Natalie Koussevitzky
Detailed formation
  • soloist: piano
  • 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 5 percussionists, harp, celesta, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 22 April 1961
    Location:

    États-Unis, Washington, DC


    Performers:

    Joao Carlos Martins et le National Symphony Orchestra, direction : Howard Mitchell.

Table of contents

  1. Cadenza e varianti
  2. Scherzo allucinante
  3. Adagissimo
  4. Toccata concertata