MOVIES.. To return to the movie page click on the image below: View more Jack Gibbons video clips... Gershwin part 1 Gershwin part 2 Gershwin part 3 Listen to the music of Jack Gibbons "The Bourne" "Echo" "Music Box" "Sarabande" Gibbons plays Scarlatti	JACK GIBBONS plays BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, Op.58       I. Allegro moderato       (Recorded live in concert in 1982)   Performance copyright Jack Gibbons 2008 Movie starts automatically. The duration of the video clip is 20'25. Movie controls courtesy of YouTube.com With fast connections the download time is almost instant. With slower dial-up connections the download time can be several minutes in which case we suggest leaving this page open while browsing other pages during the download.
	Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58, was composed in 1805-1806 and dedicated to Beethoven's friend, student and patron Archduke Rudolph. Beethoven himself gave the premiere of the work at a private concert in March 1807 at the palace of his patron Prince Lobkowitz. The public premiere didn't take place until nearly two years later, on 22 December 1808 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Beethoven was again the soloist on this occasion, which was his last appearance as a soloist with orchestra. This first public performance was part of what by any standards was a gargantuan concert, the programme also including the world premieres of Beethoven's Choral Fantasia and Fifth and Sixth symphonies! A review in the May 1809 edition of Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung states that this concerto "is the most admirable, singular, artistic and complex Beethoven concerto ever." However, after its first performance, the piece was neglected until 1836, when it was revived by Felix Mendelssohn.	Ludwig van Beethoven
	In September 1982 Jack Gibbons won the Newport International Piano Competition with his performance of this concerto, playing with the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bryden Thomson. The distinguished Beethoven scholar and pianist Denis Matthews, one of the members of the international jury, described Gibbons' performance of Beethoven's masterpiece as "masterly, one was quite overwhelmed at the range of moods and manners conveyed. Jack Gibbons is an extraordinary talent, a genius without doubt. He has a phenomenal technique even in these days of high technical standards, but far more important he has a distinct and distinguished recreative gift and artistic personality."
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