Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Piano Concerto, Op. Posth.1 (1833)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (Born 14 November 1778 Pressburg/Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia) Died 17 October 1837 (aged 58) Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (now Thuringia, Germany) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. Please support my work on https://Ko-fi.com/bartjebartmans Piano Concerto in F Major, Op. Posth. 1 (1833) (No. 6) Dedication: Madame la Grande Duchesse de Saxe-Weimar Eisenach 1. Allegro moderato (0:00) 2. Larghetto (13:53) 3. Allegro con brio (20:23) Howard Shelley, piano and the London Mozart Players Op. post. 1, one would expect to be an early work but it isn't— it was his last concerto, published after his death. In the first movement, after a lengthy orchestral introduction, the piano makes its dramatic entrance. The rather short (6:30) slow center movement includes an extended cadenza and the concerto ends with a brilliant Allegro con brio. It's difficult to understand why this concerto wasn't well received at its premiere in London in 1833.