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More than 20 years prior to Grieg's piano concerto, there was a Norwegian who made two concertos from his base in Paris. Himself a first-rate piano virtuoso, Thomas Tellefsen had made his name well known in the music metropolis from day one. In 1852 he premiered his first piano concerto in the Salle Pleyel - to great acclaim from a rather critical audience.
There are many details pointing to the fact that the first piano concerto was completed under the supervision of Tellefsen close friend and colleague Chopin. Tellefsen's strong melodies are perhaps the most fascinating in this highly virtuoso concerto. The second movement can be described as a Nocturne, and in the finale the composer utilizes a theme from the collection of L.M. Lindeman. This is to our knowledge the first instance of Norwegian folk music being integrated into a musical structure in art music.
The second concerto was written in 1853, and actually premiered in the composer's birth city of Trondheim two years later. This piece was popular throughout Tellefsen's own lifetime, and was also on the repertoire of Norwegian pianists as late as in the 1930s. With a parallel to Chopin's concertos, Tellefsen also uses a dance theme in the final movement in this concerto - but this time a tarantella!
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg was the one who in 1972 picked up the first concerto again, and in 1975 he performed the second concerto as a part of the Forgotten Masters series in London. Together with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Terje Mikkelsen, renown in later years for his rediscovery of Johan Halvorsen's marvelous orchestral music, Nøkleberg has at last made it possible for us to enjoy these forgotten masterworks.
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Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano), Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Terje Mikkelsen (conductor)
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