This unusual work was commissioned by arts patroness Princess Edmond de Polignac and premiered in Venice in September 1932, with the composer and Jacques Février as soloists and Désiré Defauw conducting the orchestra. It is divided into three movements:
Allegro ma non troppo
Larghetto
Allegro molto
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor was written by Francis Poulenc.
Francis Poulenc released Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor on Mon Sep 05 1932.
In a letter to Paul Collaer, Poulenc expressed his satisfaction with the work:
You will see for yourself what an enormous step forward it is from my previous work and that I am really entering my great period.
In another letter to Igor Markevitch, he expressed his indebtedness to his colleague:
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