Concerto

This concerto follows the structure of the italian overture – fast, slow, fast. The first movement is a sonata form without development, based on three themes, respectively rhythmical, oriental, waltz. The second movement is characterised by an initial theme with chopinesque-contours, followed by a more agitated theme and a choral-theme accompanied by a carillon in the treble of the piano. The recapitulation includes a cadenza, variation on the choral-theme. The finale is a rondo with a happy refrain twirling as a tarentella. Its festive and dancing episodes are conjugated with the perpetuum mobile of the refrain and its variations, until the brilliant and luminous coda. Naji Hakim