Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra Op.12 (1983)

3.3.3.3./4.3.3.1./ Timp, Perc (1), Str, Pno solo

c. 20'00"

I. Allegro moderato (listen to sample)
II. Larghissimo (listen to sample)
III. Allegro con fuoco (listen to sample)

First performance: 28 October 1988; Drake Theater; Lake Forest, Illinois
Stephen Hough, piano; The Lake Forest Symphony; Paul McRae, conductor

Dedicated to Kaikosru Shapurji Sorabji

Published by Theodore Presser Company | Pno. red. #410-41286

Recordings:

Hyperion Records CDA66966 | Stephen Hough, piano | BBC Scottish Symphony | Lowell Liebermann, conductor

Reviews:

"...it fully deserved the standing ovation it received."

Pioneer Press (Lake Forest)

"...an extremely successful work and a remarkable acheivement for a twenty-two-year-old composer...Liebermann's grasp of bravura keyboard writing permeates this showpiece, inwhich brilliant technical demands mix with varieties of touch and coloristic effects..Tthe tremendous propulsive drive...as well as the constant variation of dynamics and articulation, create a technical tour de force. "

William T. Spiller, Notes

"Kudos to Lowell Liebermann, who wrote an amazing contemporary score."

Roberta E. Zlokower, ExploreDance.com