Joseph Anton Steffan - Piano Concerto in B-flat major

Joseph Anton Steffan

(c. March 1726 – c. April 1797) was a Bohemian classical era composer and harpsichordist.

Steffan was born in Kopidlno, Hradec Králové Region, Bohemia in March 1726, the son of a schoolmaster and church organist. In 1741 he fled from the Prussian army to Vienna. He received his first musical lessons from his father but, in Vienna, he studied with Schilck and later became a student

of Georg Christoph Wagenseil. He became the piano teacher of Maria Carolina and Marie Antoinette. In 1775, he contracted an eye disease which left him almost blind. He gave up his position at the court, but continued to compose. He died in Vienna in April 1797.

Steffan's compositional output includes sacred works and chamber music (especially piano music).

In particular he wrote caprices, harpsichord sonatas and concertos

 Piano Concerto in B-flat major

Picture: Henry John Yeend King - Gathering Flowers

Mov.I: Adagio non molto - Allegro 00:00
Mov.II: Andante non molto 13:26
Mov.III: Allegro 21:24

Pianist: Andreas Staier
Orchestra: Concerto Köln

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