Love the first piano entrance! The orchestra has been playing in F for over 3 minutes, the the piano suddenly comes in in D-flat major! What a kick in the pants!

I always smile when people who do not know Hummel refer to the influence of Chopin on his work I then tell them to look at the dates of Hummel and Chopin :-) Chopin 1810, Hummel 1778...It often comes as a shock to them. Beethoven in an unguarded moment said that Hummel was probably the greatest living pianist. It does not seem far-fetched to suggest that with a 32 year age difference, Chopin was influenced by Hummel... 🙂

Johan Nepomuk Hummel was born on November 14, 1778, in Poszony. He was a pupil of his father and after Mozart, who was impressed by his prodigious gifts as a child, he asked to be trusted by following his musical education for two years, in his own home. Salieri was also one of his teachers. At the age of nine, he gave his first concert with Mozart. Later he toured Bohemia, Germany, Denmark, Scotland, Netherlands, etc. In 1804 he was appointed Kapellmeister of Prince Esterhazy in Eisenstadt, later holding similar posts in Stuttgart and Weimar. He had unfriendly relations with Beethoven, his fellow student with Albrechtberger. Among his students are Czerny, Hillier and Thalberg. His work includes masses, ballets, instrumental and vocal works, five concerts and about 24 studies. He died in Weimar on October 17, 1837. This concert is a true masterpiece of elegance, harmony and grace. Mozart’s influence is felt here, although the originality imprinted by Hummel makes the melody startling with magnificent and subtle harmony that touches us deeply. What a marvel of composition, played by a fabulous pianist who transmits with incredible sensibility the sublime sound composed by this outstanding composer. The orchestra direction and performances are flawless. Viva Hummel and his admirable music. Thanks for this remarkable recording that gives us unforgettable moments of pleasure.

Bedankt for de internet werk !!! Groetjes Konrad Brinckmeier

Thank you Mr Bartje Bartmans for uploading this. Thank you Composer Mr J N Hummel; Thank you to the Pianist Howard Shelley and the London Mozart Players. I thoroughly enjoyed this Piano Concerto. Bless you all for making an old man happy. ***I am a stroke damaged musician now aged 77, who entertained thousands of aged people in over 60 nursing homes in Perth Western Australia, for over 20 years (part-time as a hobby on my days off.)***

At 3:39, that’s a reference to Mozart piano concerto n. 20 !

I appreciate the upload with the sheet music. Hummel wrote some of the finest concertos of his time, and we are fortunate to have them so well displayed by Shelley and his musicians - bravo!

I love Hummels piano works. Thanks for sharing this concerto, I never knew it existed! I really like how you find all these pieces and share them on your channel, it’s nice to be able to hear them.

Quite enchanting, in a vigorous sort of way! ❤️👍🏻👌👏🎼🎵☘️🇮🇪

Il fascino di questo concerto è indiscutibile ed è quello che conta,Il resto possono solo essere chiacchiere. Ancora grazie a Bartje per l'irreprensibile consulenza e bellezza del post.

Another excellent concerto. Still with “advanced” virtuosic demands but seems to stay closer to Classical ideals, which, in spite of it’s apparent quality, may be why the audience of 1833 wasn’t as receptive as they might have been. The Romantic was underway and this might have struck them as a bit old fashioned?

Lovely and high musical quality like in his other Piano Concertos.Thank you Bartje Bartmans for your excellent and hard work for us musicians and pianists. In love to your music videos, Anastasia

Didn't expect the plagal cadence at the end there. Nice one!

A brilliant pianist!

And some harmonic surprises in the third movement too, the music is moving in unexpected directions.

Pure joy! Thank you!

👍🎼🎼🎼♥️🎼🎼🎼.. Good, strong and soft at the same time 🎶🎶

Just for the opening of the piano solo already this is a superior concerto !Hummel was far superior to the many other pianist/composers of that era.

Bravo bravo bravo music super concerto

27:05 isso é simplesmente magnífico

Of all of Hummel"s piano Concertos this is My favorite. It was Very difficult to find. (the written music)

I always call Hummel the piano's precursor to Paganini's violin. I detect so many awesome parallels

27:04 what a beautiful resolution

Ok, thanks, I thought the Aflat concerto was his final one.

Could you maybe upload the Weber symphonies and overtures?

1楽章のトランペットはテ・デウムに有効活用されました☺️

Why would Op. post. 1 be considered an early work? Posth. is an abbreviation of "posthumous", which means after death. The early Hummel piano concertos (both in A Major) weren't discovered until later (at least the first of them, composed when he was 13) and neither is counted as a mature concerto (the piano concerto "No. 1" is the C Major, Op. 34a from 1809).

It is indeed a charming first movement, starting in pure classical fashion, but some chromaticism indicates that it is going to be more complex......

How much do you think this concert come from improvising? The larghetto is so sparse that one can think is improvisation

(*｣´□`)｣ブラボー！

How was this composed 18 years after his great A Minor Concerto and feel so backward? It's full of the usual Hummel tricks - Mozart inspired Classical statements mixed with lines bogged down with an excess of trills, turns, grace notes, thirds, and forced tempi changes to accommodate these arduous, empty virtuoso moments. I just wish he had continued to search and allow poetry to guide him in his compositional efforts.

I think Hummel's health declined during the 1830s, maybe the concerto was too taxing for him?

yea hummel comes through again - even after death...ha

Totalmente enfadonho com aqueles rodriguinhos hummelianos, capazes de me adormecerem de tédio. Tudo se passa à flor da pele, sem alma. O piano é varrido de uma ponta à outra com um espanador de plumas. Chato, chatíssimo.

Great composition, but very superficial , no imagination and depth.

...wasn't well received... But I can understand that: In this work there is nothing impressive, nothing worth remembering. I tortured myself to listen to it completely. I'll never need it again, unlike many of your uploads.