Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5
Bohuslav Martinů:
INCANTATION. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4, H 358
FANTASIA CONCERTANTE. Concerto in B-flat for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, H 366
Dedicated to the memory of Rudolf Firkušný
The Bohuslav Martinů Complete Edition III/1/5
Edited by Ivana Kalina Tabak
BA 10579-01, cloth bond score (25,5 x 32,5 cm)
• Preface (Eng/Cz) and critical report (Eng/Cz) by the editor
• New findings about the genesis of both works
• Evaluation of early performance practice
Incarnation (1956), Bohuslav Martinů’s fourth piano concerto, follows an atypical two-movement structure. It was composed for Martinů’s friend Rudolf Firkušný, who played from a copy of the autograph until 1970, when the composition was first put into print. The next work, Concerto in B flat major for Piano and Orchestra, known under the name Fantasia Concertante, was to be Martinů’s very last concert work. The concerto in three movements, composed at the request of Swiss pianist Margrit Weber, is quite different from the previous work in terms of its compositional means. In this case, Martinů strongly influenced the edition of the work.
The present volume of the Bohuslav Martinů Complete Edition is based on autographs and their reproductions containing the composer’s own modifications. The edition presents numerous new findings about the genesis of both works.