Found this piece from watching Nodame Cantabile. I especially love the beginning and ending of the first movement. Reminds of me of Christmas and Santa's sleigh and toy land and joy ride.
Ah, so many talented people in this world. I'm feeling envious...
Ravel - Piano Concerto In G Major (1st movement)
Joseph-Maurice Ravel, a French composer and pianist. Born on March 17, 1875 in Ciboure. His works including Miroirs and the famous one-movement orchestral piece, Bolero.
Piano Concerto In G Major is Ravel's first and only piano concerto. This piece consist of three movements: Allegramente, Adagio assai and Presto, following the traditional pattern of fast-slow-fast. Influenced heavily by jazz, which was very popular back then in US as well as in Paris.
"The G-major Concerto took two years of work, you know. The opening theme came to me on a train between Oxford and London. But the initial idea is nothing. The work of chiseling then began. We’ve gone past the days when the composer was thought of as being struck by inspiration, feverishly scribbling down his thoughts on a scrap of paper. Writing music is seventy-five percent an intellectual activity."
(Maurice Ravel)
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