Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 - Edward Grieg

The Southern California Philharmonic presents Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16, music by Edward Grieg.
The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, composed by Edvard Grieg in 1868, was the only concerto Grieg completed. It is one of his most popular works, and is among the most popular of the genre. Grieg, being only 24 years old at the time of the composition, had taken inspiration from Robert Schumann's only concerto, also being in A minor.
Grieg's concerto provides evidence of his interest in Norwegian folk music; the opening flourish is based on the motif of a falling minor second followed by a falling major third, which is typical of the folk music of Grieg's native country. This specific motif occurs in other works by Grieg, including the String Quartet No. 1. In the last movement of the concerto, similarities to the halling (a Norwegian folk dance) and imitations of the Hardanger fiddle (the Norwegian folk fiddle) have been detected.
Program notes from Wikipedia
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The soloist, Alyssa Snow is an 11th grader at Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA). She has
been studying piano since the age of five with Ms. Mie Shirai.
She made her orchestral debut performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor as a soloist with the North Torrance Youth Chamber Orchestra in 2018. She has presented solo recitals at Carnegie Hall in New York, and currently serves as the President of the Music Student’s Service League, a community outreach organization of the Music Teacher’s Association of California.
Alyssa has won awards from the American Virtuoso International Music Competition, Southern
California Junior Bach Festival, and Elite Music Competition, among many others.
The Southern California Philharmonic Young Artists Competition picks the best of today's up and coming musical talent to showcase local youth musicians at their very best. This performance was in the City of Tustin, California, 1 March, 2024. Branden Muresan conducted and is the Southern California Philharmonic's Music Director.
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