He put this job off and did not start composing until two-days before his deadline. Beethoven knew his procrastination might cost him this performance and so he started to frantically write out the score as four copyists stood by in his apartment snatching pages from him as he completed them and rushed to make orchestral parts. The premiere of the Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.19 was on March 2, 1795 and it was a great success. It was written in only two days because of Beethoven’s procrastination but surprisingly it became a masterpiece. It even shocked Czech composer and pianist Vaclav Tomasek. It was noted by many that the piece was unlike anything they have heard before, they claimed that it had “daring deviations” that no other composer or performer has ever done before. Although the criticism was good, Beethoven was not happy with the piece and revised it many times. The final version of this piece, the one everyone hears today was first heard in
He put this job off and did not start composing until two-days before his deadline. Beethoven knew his procrastination might cost him this performance and so he started to frantically write out the score as four copyists stood by in his apartment snatching pages from him as he completed them and rushed to make orchestral parts. The premiere of the Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.19 was on March 2, 1795 and it was a great success. It was written in only two days because of Beethoven’s procrastination but surprisingly it became a masterpiece. It even shocked Czech composer and pianist Vaclav Tomasek. It was noted by many that the piece was unlike anything they have heard before, they claimed that it had “daring deviations” that no other composer or performer has ever done before. Although the criticism was good, Beethoven was not happy with the piece and revised it many times. The final version of this piece, the one everyone hears today was first heard in