Beethoven PC4 > Reinecke PC3 > Röntgen PC2?

[Alan Howe]

Has anyone noticed the chain of influences in the opening bars of these three piano concertos?
Or is it me?

[FBerwald]

I think Ignaz Brüll's PC No. 2 can also be included here.

[Alan Howe]

Yes, that's a very good point. I'd forgotten about that. Quite right.

[Gareth Vaughan]

I hadn't noticed - but well-spotted and highlighted. Most interesting. Thanks, Alan. I am now listening to all these PCs again - and with great pleasure.

[Ilja]

I always thought that the opening of Saint-Saëns 2nd PC must've been inspired by Beethoven's 4th, even if it is G minor instead of major and then veers off into a totally different direction.

[Alan Howe]

Brüll's PC2 certainly belongs in this category; and Saint-Saëns' PC2 is a close cousin, I agree, with perhaps Pierné's PC following close behind; as is the inevitable Rachmaninov PC2