Piano Concerto No. 2

In this day and age, when faced with the challenge of writing a ‘piano concerto’, e.g. a piece for symphony orchestra and an all-dominating and virtuosic solo-piano part, one has two options: either: DO, or do NOT go for it whole-sale, exploiting and enjoying the cornucopia of sonorous treasures offered by the combination of the orchestra and ‘grand piano’. I have opted to go for it. When writing for one of our great young international piano stars, it would be absurd, and a waste, to do anything less and only ‘nibble at the goodies’. However, the piece is not a big, chunky ‘machine’. Rather it is a transparently orchestrated neo-classic (for lack of a better word) composition in three movements, lasting approximately 25 minutes.