Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major 'Emperor', Op. 73
The Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, was his last piano concerto. It was finished in 1811 in Vienna, and dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, his patron and pupil. The first performance was that same year, and the Vienna debut was held by Carl Czerny. The epithet of Emperor for this concerto was not Beethoven's own but was coined by Johann Baptist Cramer, the English publisher. Its duration is approximately forty minutes. The work is scored for a solo piano, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B-flat (clarinet I playing clarinet in A in movement 2), two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani in E-flat and B-flat, and strings.
