Robert Helps, Orchestral tour
The Orchestral Music of Robert Helps

Piano concerto no. 1 (1968) [for piano and orchestra]
Lush Mahlerian outer movements frame a fiendish "scherzo(?)" for piano and winds. Fragile, beautiful writing contrasts with astonishing savagery.
Total duration: 20 minutes.
The work is dedicated to Milton Babbitt.