Piano Concerto No. 1 (Lehnhoff)
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Dieter Lehnhoff composed his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in 2005.


Movements

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History

After attending a workshop with the students of the Russian pianist, Alexandr Sklioutovski, in San José,
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, Dieter Lehnhoff was so impressed with the virtuoso level of the young Costa Rican pianists that he immediately sketched out the first movement of the
concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typi ...
. He completed it in Heredia, where he was guest professor at the National University, in July, 2005. The second movement was written in a few days and completed in Los Angeles, California, where the
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was a keynote speaker at the First World Music Forum of the Unesco International Music Council early in October. The third movement was completed in November in
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. Each movement was composed in full score, of which the composer immediately made a reduction for two pianos. The concerto had its premiere at the Great Hall of the National Theatre in Guatemala City, on 17 June 2006. The soloist was the young Costa Rican pianist, José Pablo Quesada, with the Millennium Orchestra and the composer conducting. It was first performed in
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at the National Theatre in
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on 10 May 2007, with José Pablo Quesada as soloist, and the newly established
Symphony Orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, ce ...
of the National University conducted by Dieter Lehnhoff.


Orchestration

2
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s, 2 Oboes, 2
Clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
s,
Bass Clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave bel ...
, 2
Bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...
s; 2
French horns The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...
, 2 Trumpets, Timpani, Xylophone, Percussion: triangle, suspended cymbal, cymbals; First violins, Second violins, Violas, Violoncellos, Double Basses.


References

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