Edward MacDowell - Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 (1885)

Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860 – January 23, 1908) was an American composer and pianist of the Romantic period. He was best known for his second piano concerto and his piano suites Woodland Sketches, Sea Pieces and New England Idylls. Woodland Sketches includes his most popular short piece, “To a Wild Rose“. In 1904 he was one of the first seven Americans honored by membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Please support my channel: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 (1885) Dedication: Teresa Carreño (1853-1917) 1. Larghetto calmato (0:00) 2. Presto giocoso (13:36) 3. Largo - Molto allegro (18:19) Naxos recording Stephen Prutsman, piano and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland conducted by Arthur Fagen Description by Roger Dettmer [-] MacDowell composed this work in 1884 and 1885, and played the first performance with Theodore Thomas and his eponymous orchestra in Chic