Piano Concerto - 'in memoriam John Ogdon'
Op5 no7
John Ogdon was first to mind when I began a piano concerto. The concerto arose like a Phoenix from the ashes. Completed quickly in one, almost continuous, movement it covers every extreme of the piano.
Duration
32 minutes in six inter-connected movements
Scoring
Piano soloist, 2fl, 2ob, 2cl in Bb, 2bsn, c.bsn, 4hns, 2tpt, 2 percussion (including celeste and xylophone), timps, strings
1st performance
unperformed at this time