Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 | Maria João Pires, Trevor Pinnock

Frédéric Chopin - Piano Concerto Nº 2 in F minor, Op. 21, 1830. Maria João Pires with Trevor Pinnock and The German Chamber Philharmonic of Bremen. Live Concert at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, . Piano Concerto Nº 2 in F minor, Op. 21: I Maestoso II Larghetto III Allegro Vivace The Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin was actually composed before his Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor. The F minor was begun in autumn 1829 and premiered on March, 3, 1830, while the E minor was begun shortly after the premiere of the F minor. The F minor is a less popular and more derivative work than the E minor; there is the sense that Chopin, having heard the F minor, decided to move beyond his models. The opening Maestoso movement of the F minor is clearly modeled on the concertos of Mozart’s pupil, Hummel. The central Larghetto is based almost literally on the Piano Concerto in G minor c