John Ireland Piano Concerto | Leon McCawley piano

John Ireland Piano Concerto in E flat (1930) performed LIVE by pianist Leon McCawley with BBC Concert Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey at the BBC Proms from Royal Albert Hall, London in August 2019. #johnireland #pianoconcerto #classicalmusic ABOUT JOHN IRELAND- COMPOSER (1879-1962) ABOUT JOHN IRELAND’S PIANO CONCERTO The E-flat Piano Concerto by John Ireland was composed in 1930, and premiered by Sir Henry Wood, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its dedicatee, Helen Perkin, at a Promenade Concert in the Queen’s Hall, London. The work was an immediate success, going on to be frequently performed by pianists such as Clifford Curzon, Moura Lympany, Eileen Joyce, Gina Bachauer and Arthur Rubinstein – as well as becoming a Proms favourite, clocking up 28 performances, before dropping out of regular scheduling. Leon McCawley has performed the concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic and Ulster Orchestras, saying, “It i