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How many piano concerti can you name that begin with solo timpani?

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Well, there's Beethoven's piano transcription of his violin concerto...
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The only one that comes to mind is the obvious one - Grieg's.

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Strauss' Burleske both starts, and ends, with solo timpani. While not strictly a whole concerto, it is treated like one by record companies and piano soloists. It has been mentioned in the "solo endings" thread I started.

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There's also a PC by Britten -- but it is not PD.

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