Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra, D major, op. 61a (Jingge Yan/Kaspar Zehnder)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra, D major, op. 61a Piano: Jingge Yan Conductor: Kaspar Zehnder Orchestra: Slovenská filharmónia Date: 20 June, 2013 Movements: I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Larghetto III. Rondo Composition Year: 1807 Perhaps due to the Violin Concerto's lack of success at its premiere, and at the request of Muzio Clementi, Beethoven revised it in a version for piano and orchestra, which was later published as Op. 61a. For this version, which is present as a sketch in the Violin Concerto's autograph alongside revisions to the solo part, Beethoven wrote a lengthy, somewhat bombastic first movement cadenza which features the orchestra's timpanist along with the solo pianist.