Frederick Chopin’s F-minor Concerto is less sprawling and richer in contrast than his E-minor Concerto. This work served Chopin well in his early career.
He introduced it publicly in his first Warsaw appearance on March 17, 1830, repeating it five days later at a second, quickly organized concert. It also occupied the place of honor on his Parisian debut program February 26, 1832, winning the appreciation of, among others, the city’s remarkably perceptive critic, François-Joseph Fétis.
When Chopin gave the premiere of this piano concerto, in the first public concert of his own music in Warsaw, on March 17, 1830, he was immediately acclaimed as a national hero. His first appearance in Paris, on February 26, 1832, again performing this concerto, drew the city’s most discriminating musicians: Both Franz Liszt and Felix Mendelssohn attended and were full of praise.
Here is pianist Yuja Wang to perform this wonderful music:
