Piano Concerto in G
Movements
1. Allegramente
2. Allegro Assai
3. Presto
Composed: 1929-31
Duration: 23 mins. (approx.)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), in his time, was France’s greatest living composer. Ravel said that his new work was “a concerto in the truest sense of the word: I mean that it is written very much in the same spirit as those of Mozart and Saint-Saëns. The music of a concerto should, in my opinion, be lighthearted and brilliant, and not aim at profundity or at dramatic effects.” This composition was Ravel’s farewell - one of his final completed works. He was no longer able to compose after that. He served in World War I at the front as a truck driver in 1917. Alluding to Ravel’s Swiss descent Stravinsky compared his music as being one by ‘the most perfect of Swiss watchmakers.’
Aired on AIR FM Goa on 29th Jan 2021.
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