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Piano Concerto in G major (1967) - orchestra by Philip R Buttall (PRB Music)

This was written in my mid teens, and given a first performance by the Plymouth Orchestral Society, now Plymouth Symphony Orchestra. It was my first unaided attempt at orchestration and is cast essentially in a classical style, using orchestral resources typical of the time. However, there are digressions into different styles, an a cyclic element in the slow section of the finale. The first public performance was given in Plymouth Guildhall with the Combined Orchestras of Her Majesty's Royal Ma... (more)

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I hope the muse returns soon!
I think I speak for most if not all on Sibeliusmusic.com when I say, I am in love with your music, and I miss it. I listen to this Piano Concerto every single day, because the melody puts you in a peaceful, yet fun exciting trance all at the same time. Please, continue composing, if not for everyone, for your own good benefit. Sorry to hear about your mother, but hopefully the muse/fun of composing returns to your life, because I greatly miss it. EDIT: After listening to this several more times, I realize that maybe a Electric Guitar or Bass might be perfect for this song. If you have ever listened to Ashley's Christmas Punk Piece, you would hear how Piano and Electric Guitar blend pretty well. I think the same could go for this piece.

Kyle Fobe

A monumental work
I do enjoy classical music even if it has been written in the 20th century! This piano concerto is a piano concerto in the fullest and most classical terms. Beautifully orchestrated from the first note to the last. The first movement theme is very much, at least to my ears, like a hymn. The cadenza is 'Mozartian' with the trills and Alberti bass type left hand parts. The second movement is serene. The last movement is very lively indeed. Strangely enough I didn't really find the melodies compelling, but the orchestration, the perfect structure, the flow and the overall presentation made up for the melodies not being that memorable, well for me at least. A great composition, well worth listening to many times. Well done.

Paul Copeland

Holy Crap!
This thing is huge. I mean monumental huge. I loved it soooo much! I love how it is in the style of Mozart! That's really hard to do, plus the piano part is not to hard so a lot of people can play it. Well done.

Cory Parkinson

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Better than Mozart?
Wow. Composing in the style of Mozart always gives one very big shoes to fill, but the composer more than rises to the challenge. While it isn't as finely crafted as Mozart's own works, it displays more originality and imagination than Mozart's sometimes-generic piano pieces. The first movement displays some good examples of rhythmic displacement and syncopation, and the third movement contains very smooth excursions to distant keys. While all these are original and adventurous in a classical context, they are all done tastefully and don't depart from the 'classicalness' of the piece in any way. As a whole, the concerto demonstrates that the composer has an intimate knowledge of symphonic forms and structure, and I always knew where the piece was heading. To summarize, I really like the piece, and that says a lot coming from a non-Mozart/Haydn fan.

Edward Tan

Modern Mozart?
Wonderful piece, classical in all aspects (except it's a little heavy on the orchestration, that perhaps has Romantic inclinations), the exquisitely crafted thematic material and fluent passages more than making up for the seeming lack of length. I'd recommend this piece to all composition students and all teachers who are against writing in classical style.

Wen-Bin Tan

Mozart reincarnated!
This is absolutely a wonderful piece--as everyone else has said, it is VERY Mozartian. (Except the Eb digression...that's a chromatic mediant, which is very Beethoven) I'm in my mid-teens (16 to be exact) and I don't have anywhere near the understanding of sonata form to be able to write a concerto such as this. I'm still struggling to write a piano sonata, which I may arrange for orchestra later :/ Amazing work--and even better that you got to perform it!

Jerome Osborne

I love Classical-based stuff
I msut agree that it is very similar to Mozart and to other Classical Era pieces. I have always been a big fan of Mozart and really like this piece. It has such a nice feel to it. Very nicely done.

Richard Mohrmann

It sounds very Mozartian

Not bad at all for something written while still in your teens! It sounds very Mozartian, and you obviously had an excellent grasp of sonata form. I found the first movement a little bit short, but Mozart's 23rd concerto (K488 in A) is like that too, so that's not a big problem. The extra section in the third movement (in E), and the fugue, were a nice touch. Beethoven loved to experiment with the sonata form as well, in fact, so you aren't alone. And, the first movement particularly has a martial English tinge to it -- a good personal shade.

My attitude toward contemporary music written in earlier styles has always been, well, people still listen to those earlier styles a lot, so technically they haven't gone out of fashion. It's just that now, composers have a much wider selection of styles in which to write!

The only criticisms I have would be about having timpani without trumpets, and a couple of other minor matters, but other than that I'd give it a 9. Excellent work!

Brendan Gordon

Genius!
When I listened to this piece I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I'm only 13 and do not know that much about musical form and structure, but I can tell that this piece is amazingly written. Everything melds together beautifully. Plus 170 pages is an amazing amount of music to write even if it is for an orchestra. Maybe I shouldn't be so awed with this piece and it is only because I don't know much, but Congratulations! anyway.

C S

Wonderful, and a true triumph!
I am so very glad to see such beautiful and glorious music being composed. I sat and listened to this piece in awe. The melodies, structure, and harmonies are nicely arranged. Mozart would've been pleased! As noted in the program note there were some non-classical interludes in the work, but I believe it worked very well. After all, it incorporates other periods of music a little and provides an enjoyable summation over the various periods of music. My hats's off to the composer! Bravo!!

Martin Michel

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