Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>The notes from a mid-60s reissue LP, which calls it Concerto No 1 and also
>Piano Concerto No 1: "The designation 'No 1', incidentally, does not imply
>a second Britten piano concerto after this one.  The composer chose to call
>this work his 'Concerto No 1' and his violin concerto...'Concerto No 2'."
>I'm not endorsing this rather odd system, just reporting.

Just as Debussy's final sonatas.  He intended to compose a series of six
sonatas - imitating the Baroque period, e.g.  Bach's Brandenburg Concerts
- but could only finish the 3rd (the violin sonata), which was therefore
one of his "final thoughts"...

Simon Corley
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