<p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" width="640" height="390" src="https://www.inoreader.com/yt-embed/?v=suUk959u42o" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" style="width:100%;aspect-ratio:16/9;height:auto;display:block;border:0;" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 has been described as "the most wonderful, singular, artistic, and difficult of them all" as one reviewer wrote in a Leipzig publication in 1809. It was performed only twice during the composer’s lifetime — on both occasions with Beethoven himself as the soloist. He was, after all, considered the greatest piano virtuoso of his time. <br>
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In this video, the celebrated masterpiece is performed by pianist Margarita Höhenrieder, accompanied by the Bamberg Symphony under the direction of Martin Haselböck. The concert took place in 2018 at the Konzerthalle Bamberg in southern Germany. Margarita Höhenrieder plays the cadenza composed by Beethoven (14:09). Today, it is the standard choice in most performances<br>
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(00:00) I. Allegro moderato<br>
(18:56) II. Andante con moto<br>
(23:59) III. Rondo vivace<br>
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) composed his Piano Concerto in G major between 1804 and 1806. The first performance took place in March 1807 in a more or less private setting, while the public premiere followed on December 22, 1808. The concerto was dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria, who later became a cardinal, and who was both Beethoven’s pupil and patron.<br>
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Those familiar with Beethoven’s works will notice connections between the Piano Concerto in G major and other compositions he composed during the same period, including Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, the opera "Fidelio," Op. 72 (then still known as "Leonore"), and the Coriolan Overture, Op. 62. Although these relationships are subtle, they still reveal Beethoven’s mastery. He was able to revisit musical ideas and transform them into something entirely new each time. <br>
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Equally characteristic of Beethoven’s compositional style is the way he challenges tradition. While he composes within the framework of classical forms, he repeatedly breaks away from them. With the Fourth Piano Concerto, he even established a new type of concerto; one in which symphonic form and solo concerto merge into a kind of "symphonic piano concerto," where the three contrasting yet individual movements form a unified whole.<br>
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The first movement of the Piano Concerto, Op. 58, begins with another innovation. For the first time, a concerto opens not with an orchestral introduction but with the solo piano. Right at the start of the opening theme, three striking eighth notes are heard — an unmistakable echo of the famous "fate motif" from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Studies of the composer’s drafts suggest that the first movement of the Fourth Piano Concerto actually grew out of early ideas for the opening movement of the Fifth Symphony.<br>
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The slow second movement has often been described as a song for the piano. It consists of a sustained contrast between the orchestra’s stern unison theme and the piano’s lyrical, melancholic response. Their alternating dialogue unfolds like a dramatic exchange, with the orchestra gradually becoming quieter while the piano gains the upper hand, growing increasingly expressive and free. This simple but powerful contrasting structure also appears in Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture.<br>
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The third movement, a Rondo vivace, brings the concerto to a bright and spirited conclusion. According to Beethoven’s compositional sketches, its characteristic sixteenth-note figure later served as the model for the rhythmic motif that opens the famous "Prisoners’ Chorus" from his opera "Fidelio."<br>
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With its lyrical and idyllic character, Beethoven's Fourth Concerto for Piano and Orchestra stands as one of the high points of Beethoven’s piano works and, more broadly, of the piano concerto as a genre.<br>
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Text: Rita Kass<br>
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