Concerto in F
George Gershwin (trans. Martín Jorge)
Subtitle: For Piano and Orchestra
General Info
Year: 1925 / 2017
Duration: c. 32:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano and orchestra
Publisher: Baton Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €325.00 | Score Only (print) - €70.00
Movements
1. Allegro
2. Adagio - Andante con moto
3. Allegro agitato
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Piano
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Solo Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Tam-tam
- Triangle
- Whip
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Cello
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Despite being very busy with three different Broadway musicals, Gershwin was able to complete the Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra in November, 1925. It was commissioned by the American conductor Walter Damrosch who conducted the premiere in Carnegie Hall later that year featuring the composer as the soloist.
The Concerto in F shows considerable development in Gershwin's compositional technique, particularly because he orchestrated the entire work himself.
- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music
Damrosch had been present at the February 12, 1924, concert arranged and conducted by Paul Whiteman titled "An Experiment in Modern Music" which became famous for the premiere of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, in which the composer performed the piano solo. The day after the concert, Damrosch contacted Gershwin to commission from him a full-scale piano concerto for the New York Symphony Orchestra, closer in form to a classical concerto and orchestrated by the composer.
The Concerto in F shows considerable development in Gershwin's compositional technique, particularly because he orchestrated the entire work himself, unlike the Rhapsody in Blue .
The concerto is in the traditional three movements. There are strong thematic links among the three movements, all of which are heavily influenced by jazz. However, there exists, in each movement, a very subtle structural integrity that, while perhaps not immediately apparent to the listener, is rooted in the classical tradition.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Western Illinois University (Macomb) Wind Ensemble (Mike Fansler, conductor; Po-Chuan Chiang, piano) - 1 October 2022
- University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Kevin Michael Holzman, conductor; Michael Chertock, piano) - 15 October 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
- Rhapsody in Blue (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1924/2020)
- Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wada) (1934/2018)
All Wind Works
- An American in Paris (tr. Krance) (1929/1959)
- An American in Paris (arr. Brubaker) (1929/1994)
- An American in Paris (arr. Hoshina) (1929/1980)
- An American in Paris (arr. Nowlin) (1929/2016)
- An American in Paris (arr. Satone) (1929)
- An American in Paris (arr. Tamanini) (1929/2015)
- An American in Paris (orch. Van Gils) (1929/1994)
- But Not for Me (arr. Barker) (1930/1995/2006)
- Catfish Row (arr. Hunsberger) (1934/2000)
- Concerto for Piano in F (tr. Grofé) (1925/1928)
- Concerto in F (arr. Jorge) (1925/2017)
- Concerto in F for Piano and Wind Band (arr. Bulla) (1925/2009)
- Cuban Overture (arr. Koekelkoren) (1925/1987)
- Cuban Overture (arr. Milburn) (1925/)
- Cuban Overture (arr. Rogers) (1933/2001)
- Embraceable You (arr. Barker) (1930 / 1999)
- Fascinatin' Gershwin (arr. Murtha)
- Fascinating Rhythm (arr. Bulla) (1924)
- Fascinating Rhythm (arr. Del Borgo) (1924/1994)
- Fascinating Rhythm (arr. Taylor) (1924/1961/2006)
- A Foggy Day in London Town (arr. Ninmer) (1937/)
- George by Fred (arr. Frenkel)
- George Gershwin (arr. Chase) (1971)
- George Gershwin Selection (tr. Bennett) (1947)
- Gershwin! (arr. Barker) (1997)
- Gershwin: A Medley (arr. Bennett) (1972)
- Gershwin by George! (arr. Brubaker) (2015)
- A Gershwin Fantasy (arr. Martino) (1991)
- Gershwin on Broadway (arr. Moss) (1991)
- A Gershwin Portrait! (arr. Higgins) (1985)
- A Gershwin Tribute to Love (arr. Heisinger) (2014)
- The Great Gershwin (arr. van der Beek) (2018)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (arr. Barker) (1927/2000)
- I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (arr. Wagner) (1935/2008)
- I Got Rhythm (arr. Davis) (1930)
- I Got Rhythm (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
- I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
- Japanese (arr. Wagner; scored Sandler) (c. 1918/2006)
- Liza (arr. Teague) (1929/1944)
- The Man I Love (arr. Bergman) (1924)
- March from "Strike Up the Band" (arr. Hearshen) (1927/1987)
- Overture to "Strike Up the Band" (arr. Matsushiro) (1927)
- Porgy and Bess: Selections (arr. Bennett) (1934/1942)
- Porgy and Bess (arr. Barnes) (1934/2002)
- Porgy and Bess Medley (arr. Hermann) (1934/)
- Porgy and Bess Medley (arr. Lowden) (1934/1984)
- Rhapsody in Blue (tr. Grofe) (1924/1938)
- Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Hunsberger) (1924/1998)
- Rhapsody in Blue (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1924/2020)
- Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Verrier) (1924/1998)
- Rhapsody in Blue (ed. Bañagale) (1924/2023)
- Rhapsody in Blue (jazz band) (arr. Grofe) (1924)
- Rhapsody in Blue (tr. Tamanini) 1924/2010)
- Rialto Ripples (arr. Di Scala) (1917/2013)
- 'S Wonderful (arr. Barker) (1919/1996)
- Second Prelude (arr. Krance) (1927/1964)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (arr. Barker) (1926/1995)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (arr. Rumbelow) (1926/2006)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Barker) (1927/1981/1997)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Brubaker) (1927/1994)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Moss) (1927/1967)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Nestico) (1927)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Paynter) (1927)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Pegram) (1927/1979)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Schoenfeld) (1927/1956)
- Summertime (arr. Custer) (1934/1995)
- Summertime (arr. Garcia; ed. Shaw) (1934)
- Summertime (arr. Lang) (1934/1959)
- Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wada) (1934/2018)
- Summertime from "Porgy and Bess" (arr. Longfield) (1934/2015)
- Swanee (arr. Holcombe) (1919)
- The Symphonic Gershwin (arr. Barker) (2011)
- They Can't Take That Away from Me (arr. Barker) (1937/2001)
- Three Preludes (arr. Norris) (1927/)
- Three Preludes (tr. Williams) (1927/2015)
- A Tribute to Gershwin (arr. Bullock) (20098)
- Walking the Dog (arr. Bourgeois) (1937/2007)
Resources
- Concerto in F (Gershwin), Wikipedia Accessed 5 October 2019
- Gershwin, G.; Jorge, M.; Damrosch, W. (2017). Concerto in F : for Piano and Orchestra [score]. Baton Music: Eindhoven, Netherlands.
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "George Gershwin." Accessed 5 October 2019
- Perusal score