Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

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Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 is a Romantic-era concerto for piano and orchestra by Felix Mendelssohn, admired for its virtuosic solo part, lyrical themes, and seamless, three-movement structure played without pauses.

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Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic-era composition ⓘ
piano concerto ⓘ
approximateDuration 20 minutes ⓘ
catalogueNumber MWV O 7 ⓘ
composer Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo Delphine von Schauroth ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 17 October 1831 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Munich ⓘ
firstPublisher Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
followedBy Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 ⓘ
genre concerto ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus standard repertoire for Romantic piano concertos ⓘ
hasForm concerto in three movements played attacca ⓘ
influencedBy Classical concerto tradition ⓘ
key G minor ⓘ
languageOfWork n/a (instrumental) ⓘ
movement I. Molto allegro con fuoco ⓘ
II. Andante ⓘ
III. Presto—Molto allegro e vivace ⓘ
movementCount 3 ⓘ
notableFeature lyrical themes ⓘ
virtuosic solo piano part ⓘ
numberInSeries No. 1 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 25 ⓘ
orchestration horns ⓘ
pairs of woodwinds ⓘ
strings ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
trumpets ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
placeOfPublication Leipzig ⓘ
premierePerformer Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
scoredFor orchestra ⓘ
piano ⓘ
structure three movements played without pauses ⓘ
styleCharacteristic brilliant virtuoso writing for piano ⓘ
clear classical formal outlines within Romantic idiom ⓘ
continuous, attacca links between movements ⓘ
tonalityOfFirstMovement G minor ⓘ
tonalityOfSecondMovement E-flat major ⓘ
tonalityOfThirdMovement G major ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext piano competitions ⓘ
symphony orchestra concerts ⓘ
workSeries Mendelssohn piano concertos ⓘ
yearComposed 1831 ⓘ

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Felix Mendelssohn → notableWork → Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 ⓘ
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 → follows → Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 ⓘ
MWV O 7 → catalogues → Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 ⓘ
Mendelssohn piano concertos → hasPart → Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 ⓘ