At the final stage of the 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Kotaro FUKUMA and the Israel Camerata Jerusalem conducted by Avner Biron play Mozart's Piano Concerto no 23 in A major K 488
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The Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488) is a composition for piano and orchestra written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on March 2, 1786, around the time of the premiere of his opera, Le nozze di Figaro. It was one of three subscription concerts given that spring and was probably played by Mozart himself at one of these. The concerto is scored for piano solo and an orchestra consisting of one flute, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns and strings. In Mozart's later works the wind instruments are equal to the stringed instruments, and this is also the case in this concerto.
The concerto has three movements and lasts about 26 minutes:
Allegro in A major and common time.
Adagio in F-sharp minor and 6/8 time or 3/4 time (in later editions, the tempo is listed as Andante).
Allegro assai in A and alla breve (in later editions, the tempo is listed as Presto). In Rondo form.
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