Piano Concerto No. 1 (Glazunov)


composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Opus, 92, in 1911, during his tenure as director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The concerto is dedicated to Leopold Godowsky, whom Glazunov had heard on tour in St. Petersburg in 1905.

Form

The concerto is written in two movements, the second being a theme and variations forming an amalgam of slow movement, scherzando elements and finale.
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Tema con variazoni
  3. #Tema
  4. #Variation I
  5. #Variation II Andantino
  6. #Variation III
  7. #Variation IV Adagio
  8. #Variation V Allegro
  9. #Variation VI Lento
  10. #Variation VII Mazurka: Allegretto
  11. #Variation VIII Scherzo: Allegro ma non troppo
  12. #Variation IX Finale: Allegro moderato