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Piano

Concerto

#4

in

C-minor

by:

Azo

This

is

my

fourth

piano

concerto,

and

honestly

the

one

I

like

the

best.

The

other

three

are

much

slower,

and

a

lot

less

technical

than

this

piece.
Piano

Concerto

#4

has

much

flashier

piano

work,

and

some

excellent
phrasing

that

my

other

piano

concerti

lack.

I

grew

up

playing

the

piano,

and

I

am

proud

to

say

that

is

now

not

only

my
true

love

in

life,

but

also

a

career.

Over

the

years,

I've

had

many
opportunities

to

play

my

original

compositions

on

the

stage,

and

they've
always

fared

well

with

even

the

most

difficult

of

critics.

What

you're

hearing

is

not

the

full

score

from

the

original

concerto,

but
a

scaled

down

first

movement.

The

piece

is

actually

over

half

an

hour
long,and

is

comprised

of

four

distinct

movements.

I

will,time

permitting,
work

on

this

track

some

more,

individualizing

the

instruments,

and

track
the

entire

score.

However,

I'm

expecting

that

work

to

take

well

over

a
thousand

hours,

so

enjoy

this

mini-release

of

my

classical

work.

I

took

influences

from

several

known

artists

for

this

work.

The

opening
stanza

is

very

remnent

of

one

of

Beethoven's

Piano

Concerti,

and

the
opening

Allegro

brilliante

theme

is

derived

from

a

Chopin

Etude.

The
Lento

section

has

its

theme

following

the

tradition

of

George

Gershwin,
though

it

is

ultimately

original.

The

Andante

sostenuto

in

the

original
work

is

almost

seven

minutes

long

alone,

and

draws

on

some

of

the

finer
work

of

J.S.

Bach.

The

Allegro

sections

are

original,

though

they

do

lean
toward

the

early

works

of

Chopin

in

speed

and

chord

progression.

All

of
the

music,

in

general,

is

original.

It's

almost

impossible

to

write

music

today

that

has

not

already

been
presented

to

the

world

in

some

form

or

fashion.

The

best

we

can

hope

to
do

as

musicians

is

present

a

new

take

on

a

theme,

but

always

remember
where

it

came

from.

Without

the

influences

of

the

past,

music

would

not
be

as

we

know

it

today.

01-02:

Adagio

Lamento
03-07:

Allegro

brillante
08-11:

Moderato
12-19:

Allegro
20-24:

Lento
25-30:

Allegro
31-41:

Andante

sostenuto
42-47:

Allegro
48-52:

Moderato
53-53:

Allegro

agitato

Total

time:

8:37

Comments?

Suggestions?

email

me

at

-Azo

(a.k.a.

Jesse

Worley)