Adinsell Warsau Concerto

[ptmidwest]

Info, anyone?

[xvimbi]

Yes, I'd like to have some info. What have you got?

[ptmidwest]

erk!....um, well, I don't have any.  I was wanting some myself...

[MarkFour]

So what is it with this piece, anyway?  Is it any good do you know?  Or just a showpiece?  And is it really a concerto anyway?  maybe more of a concert piece

[porilo]

It was written as the theme music for a 1941 film called "Dangerous Moonlight."  It's a sort of one-movement pastiche of a romantic piano concerto in a style akin to Rachmaninov.

Gregory

[lostinidlewonder]

I've seen it spelt Warsaw Concerto. It is played with orchestra but often it can be played as a piano solo, arranged by Henry Geehl who arranged it from the original orchestra score (EMI Music Publishing LTD, by International Music Publications Limited IMP. Order ref: 12891)

It is not too difficult at all to play if you are confident with your general arpeggio techniques. If you can handle arpeggios from Scriabin this is easy, if you can hand the chordal playing of Rachmaninov this is also easy. It does require good volume control though, big sounds required and strong accents as well as lots of express+dolce. The Lh arpeggios are not large, and the chords played are no big stretch in the hands. It is a great show piece, i have played it for encore, not in a recital since it is still under copyright laws.

[MarkFour]

This was just on the radio, and it is awsome!  I'm going to start it right away, as soon as I get the music.