Piano Concerto No. 2 (Villa-Lobos)

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Piano Concerto No. 2
Concerto by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos (c. 1922).jpg
Heitor Villa-Lobos c. 1922
CatalogueW487
Composed1948 (1948): Paris
Dedication João de Souza Lima  [ pt ]
Published1979 (1979): Paris (reduction for two pianos)
PublisherMax Eschig
Recorded1981 (1981) Krassimira Jordan, piano; Orchestra Sinfônica do Theatro Municipal; Mário Tavares, cond. (issued 1981 on LP, Tapecar MVL 029, matrix ARL.66 and ARL.67).
Duration22 minutes
Movements4
Scoring
  • piano
  • orchestra
Premiere
Date21 April 1950 (1950-04-21):
Location Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro
ConductorHeitor Villa-Lobos
PerformersJoão de Souza Lima, piano; Orchestra Sinfônica do Theatro Municipal

The Piano Concerto No. 2, W487, is a piano concerto by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1948. A performance lasts about 28 minutes.

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History

Villa-Lobos composed his Second Piano Concerto in Rio de Janeiro in 1948. The score is dedicated to João de Souza Lima  [ pt; de; ru ], who gave the first performance on 21 April 1950 at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, with the Orquestra Sinfônica do Theatro Municipal, conducted by the composer. [1]

Instrumentation

The work is scored for solo piano and an orchestra consisting of piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 tenor trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (tam-tam, cymbal, bass drum), celesta, harp, and strings.

Analysis

Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, venue of the concerto's premiere Theatro Municipal.jpeg
Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, venue of the concerto's première

The concerto has four movements:

  1. Vivo
  2. Lento
  3. Quasi allegro – Cadenza
  4. Allegro

In the first movement, the solo part emphasizes parallel chord movements in both hands. The main theme has a modal colouring, and irregular metres occur throughout the movement. [2]

The second movement has been described as "a sticky, humid nocturne furnished with a lush orchestral carpet, above which the piano leaps and tumbles through a remote harmonic maze of augmented fourths and tritones [ sic ]". [3]

The third movement is entirely taken up with a cadenza for the soloist, while the scherzo-finale has an energetic, Mediterranean-tinged first theme and a lyrical central section in the manner of a Brazilian modinha . [2]

Discography

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References

  1. Villa-Lobos, sua obra 2009, pp. 56–57.
  2. 1 2 Tarasti 1995, p. 346.
  3. Johnson 1992, p. 61.

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