Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven)

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19, by Ludwig van Beethoven was mostly created between 1787 and 1789. It was made public in December 1801 as Op. 19, after the making public of the Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major as Op. 15 that was created after his second concerto.

Beethoven may have first played it on 29 March 1795, at Vienna's Burgtheater, his first time playing in public. Beethoven did not like this work, telling Franz Anton Hoffmeister that, with the Piano Concerto No. 1, it was "not one of my best." He changed the concerto many times, in 1790, 1793, 1794-1795, 1798 and 1801. The changes from 1795 are often played today. 

Movements
The work was created for solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings; it is the only one of Beethoven's seven finished concertos that does not have clarinets, trumpets and timpani. The concerto has three movements:

The first movement starts with the orchestra playing the tonic chord, and uses chromatic lines in the piano. The second movement is calm and slow, while the ending Rondo is similar to the first movement.

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