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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3.
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| Composition Year | 1906-08, revised 1923 |
| Genre Categories | Concertos; Symphonic poems; For piano, orchestra; |
| Work Title | Piano Concerto No.1 'The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd', Op.52 |
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| Alternative. Title | Symphonic Poem |
| Composer | Holbrooke, Joseph |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.52 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJH 26 |
| Key | F minor |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3.
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1906-08, revised 1923 |
| First Performance. | 1910 November 21, Queen's Hall, London, Harold Bauer, piano, composer conducting |
| First Publication. | 1909 |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 36 minutes? |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | Piano, orchestra |
| External Links | Hyperion Records |
Based on a poem by T. E. Ellis = Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis (1880 - 1946); each section of each movement has headings from this source.
(The 36-minute version recorded on Hyperion is the 1923 revision, not the 1902?/1906-1908 original.)
Program note to the first performance refers to the concerto as a symphonic poem.
(One of at least six? concertos by the composer- a piano concerto no.2 Op.100 "the Orient", a 3rd piano concerto "Dance Symphony", a violin concerto "The Grasshopper", a double concerto Tamerlane (Op.119) for clarinet and bassoon, a quadruple concerto, a cello concerto "Cambrian" (Op.103), and a bassoon (or saxophone) concerto, followed. Is Op.36, performed at the Proms) 27 August 1903 as Concerto dramatique in F minor, a concerto later revised (maybe as this?)
