Piano Concerto in G major (Haydn)

The piano concerto Hoboken-Directory XVIII: 4 by Joseph Haydn was probably composed in 1770. In 1784 it was published by the French publisher Boyer. The orchestra consists only of strings. This concerto is considered Haydn's second authentic work for piano or harpsichord and orchestra. This concert was premiered on April 18, 1784 with the pianist Maria Theresia Paradis as part of the Paris Concerts spirituels .

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As in the first piano concerto, the first movement contains the tempo Allegro and a symbol. The entire orchestra begins with the theme. After bar 25, the piano comes to the fore for 30 bars, with the piano practically alone for the first 10 bars. The whole orchestra appears between bars 78 and 95. During the development, where the keyboard instrument also reaches keys such as E minor and F major, the soloist plays almost exclusively up to bar 117. The recapitulation begins in bar 137 and is similar in structure to the exposition; The cadenza in this piano concerto begins in measure 190. The concert ends together for the last 10 bars.

The second rhapsodic movement, in the subdominant C major , an adagio in ¾ time, consists of 86 bars, with the orchestra introducing the theme in the first 20 bars. After nine bars the orchestra resumes accompanying. A cadenza also begins in bar 81, whereupon the entire orchestra concludes this movement up to bar 86.

The third movement is titled a Finale Rondo Presto and is in 2/4 time. The couplets, which appear for the first time in bar 8, for example, are primarily presented by the piano. What is striking here is that the sonata form can be used here, so that the development begins in bar 91 and the recapitulation in bar 162. Although this movement ends together in bar 267, the orchestra contains the theme here.

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Haydn: Piano Concerto in F major Hob.XVIII: 4. Munich: Henle-Verlag. 2002