Concerto Conversations

With a 68-minute CD

Joseph Kerman

    Getting Started

    Particularity and Polarity

    Reciprocity, Roles, and Relationships

    Virtuosity / Virtù

    Diffusion: Concerto Textures

    The Sense of an Ending

    Conversation-stopper (After-words)

    Notes

    Music Examples

    Credits

    Index

    Music on the CD

    Music on the CD

    Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, 1st movement: Allegro con brio_16:03
    Robert Levin, fortepiano; Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique, dir. John Eliot Gardiner.
    (P) 1998 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg, a Universal Music Company.

    Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, "Emperor," from 1st mvt.: Allegro_1:15
    Robert Levin, fortepiano; Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique, dir. John Eliot Gardiner.
    (P) 1998 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg, a Universal Music Company.

    Stravinsky, Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, 3rd mvt.: Allegro_4:35
    Olli Mustonen, piano; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, dir. Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    (P) 1993 The Decca Record Company Ltd., London. Courtesy of the Decca Record Company Ltd., London.

    Bartók, Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd mvt.: Allegro molto_6:00
    Zoltán Kocsis, piano; Budapest Festival Orchestra, dir. Iván Fischer.
    (P) 1985 Philips Classics Productions. Courtesy of Philips Classics Productions.

    Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, from 2nd mvt.: Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso_2:00
    Radu Lupu, piano; London Symphony Orchestra, dir. André Previn.
    (P) 1973 The Decca Records Co. Ltd. London. Courtesy of The Decca Records Co. Ltd. London.

    Chaikovsky, Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.: Canzonetta (Andante)_6:10
    Arthur Grumiaux, violin; New Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Jan Krenz.
    (P) 1960, 1972, 1974, 1976 Philips Classics Productions. Courtesy of Philips Classics Productions.

    Chaikovsky, Violin Concerto, from 3rd mvt.: Allegro vivacissimo_2:40
    Arthur Grumiaux, violin; New Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Jan Krenz.
    (P) 1960, 1972, 1974, 1976 Philips Classics Productions. Courtesy of Philips Classics Productions.

    Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, from first mvt.: Allegro maestoso_3:00
    Martha Argerich, piano; London Symphony Orchestra, dir. Claudio Abbado.
    (P) 1967, 1968, 1975, 1980 Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Courtesy of Philips Classics, a division of the Philips Music Group.

    Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, first mvt.: Andantino_9:48
    Kyung Wha Chung, violin; London Symphony Orchestra, dir. André Previn.
    (P) 1973, 1977 The Decca Records Co. Ltd., London. Courtesy of The Decca Records Co. Ltd., London.

    Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1, from 3rd mvt.: Moderato-Più tranquillo_2:40
    Kyung Wha Chung, violin; London Symphony Orchestra, dir. André Previn.
    (P) 1973, 1977 The Decca Records Co. Ltd., London. Courtesy of The Decca Records Co. Ltd., London.

    Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, 1st mvt.: Allegro_6:24
    Musica Antiqua Köln, dir. Reinhard Goebel.
    (P) 1986 (BWV 1066)/1987 Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg. Courtesy of Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg.

    Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, 3rd mvt.: Allegro assai_7:35
    Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano; English Baroque Soloists, dir. John Eliot Gardiner.
    (P) 1987 Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg. Courtesy of Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg.

  • Cover: Concerto Conversations

Jacket art: Patrick McCay, Red Concerto (detail), mixed media, 1998

Joseph Kerman is Professor Emeritus of Music, University of California at Berkeley, and the Charles Eliot Norton Lecturer at Harvard University for 1997-98.