Joseph Street; Piano Concerto No.2 in F min, Op.24 (1871)

Описание к видео Joseph Street; Piano Concerto No.2 in F min, Op.24 (1871)

Joseph Edward Street (1841-1908) was an English composer. He was born and died in Surrey, and that's about all I know. I had little luck finding biographical information about him, not least because his name keeps bringing up street addresses. (The Canadian Music Centre, a major source for orchestral scores, happens to be located on Joseph Street in Toronto, so it dominates almost any search results for his name, but there's other streets by that name all over the place as well.)

IMSLP: https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Stree...

Movements:
0:00 - I. Allegro moderato poco maestoso.
11:56 - II. Adagio non troppo. - attacca:
21:12 - III. Finale. Allegro moderato.

This is somehow the first composer I've done who was located outside of mainland Europe. Germany and France seem to make up the vast majority of concertos I've found, with a small scattering in other nearby countries. The medium has diverged more geographically in recent years, but a lot of that stuff is not public domain yet. (It is also somehow the 4th concerto in a row I've done in the key of F minor - that streak ends here though.) This is the second of two concertos that I am aware of by the composer, though I've not found any sign of the first. As it was, the score on IMSLP was missing two pages in the first movement. Thanks to the kind folks at the Unsung Composers forum, the missing pages were found and the score was updated so this could be completed.

Disclaimer: Yes, it's synthesized. Obviously real musicians with real instruments would be vastly superior, but this simulated performance is better than nothing at all, which is what existed previously. My greatest wish is that these videos will inspire someone with the means to arrange a real performance and hopefully record and publish it so we can hear them in their full glory. If that someone is you, or you know of an existing recording of this, please let me know and I may add a link to this description.

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