Sergei Prokofiev did not manage to compose more than a few bars of his Piano Concerto No. 6 (Op. 134, sometimes Op. 133) before his death in 1953, so it is impossible to reconstruct the underlying musical ideas and complete it.
The work is unusual in that it is scored for two
pianos and a
string orchestra
A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first ...
. The other five of Prokofiev's piano concertos are written for solo piano (one for left hand alone) and more or less standard orchestration.
Ron Weidberg
Ron Weidberg (Hebrew: רון וידברג, born 1953 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli composer, musicologist, and pianist. His works have been performed by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra anthe Israel Camerata Jerusalem among others.
Biography
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's "Concerto for Two Pianos and String Orchestra after Drafts by S. Prokofiev's", written in 2005-7 was the first attempt to complete the work by means of orchestrating the drafts, filling the gaps between the existing sketches and continuing the original ideas through the work's conclusion.
The Concerto was commissioned by the
Silver–Garburg Piano Duo. The completed three movement work was premiered on 2012 in
Tel Aviv and
Jerusalem by the
Silver-Garburg Piano Duo and the Tel Aviv Soloists Orchestra conducted by Barak Tal.
In 2014, Norbert Palej (then assistant professor of composition at the
University of Toronto) completed a version of the concerto with the assistance of Prokofiev's grandson
Gabriel Prokofiev
Gabriel Prokofiev (born 6 January 1975) is a Russian-British composer, producer, DJ, and Artistic Director of the Nonclassical record label and nightclub.
Early life
Gabriel Prokofiev was born on 6 January 1975 to an English mother and a Russi ...
.
It was premiered on 27 February 2016 at the
Louisiana State University School of Music
A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger ins ...
at the ''Symposium on Prokofiev and the Russian Tradition''.
Pianists Michael Gurt and Gregory Sioles served as the soloists.
This version was noted for its extensive and at times erratic use of the marimba and cymbals.
References
External links
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Piano concertos by Sergei Prokofiev
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