Some time later after the First Concerto for piano and orchestra was completed Edvard Grieg started the drafts of the Second one. However, that exact work occurred to have been unfinished. Nothing was explained. Evidently Grieg conceived the concerto B minor in three movements. Three short piano score drafts are preserved. The first one is a lyrical drawling melody of four bars (apparently an object point of the principal theme of the 1st movement). The second draft consists of eight bars, the main feature of which is precisely delineated scherzoso motif, generated in the sphere of the subdued theme of the 2nd movement. Finally, the third extensive fragment is a steady dancing theme, self-possessed as the tarantella and intended more exactly for the finale. Actually these sketches are vivid thematic materials, endowed with special Grieg’s peculiarities. It’s a pity the composer’s interesting conception did not come true.
The Concerto-phantasia for piano and orchestra ''In the Worl d of Edvard Grieg'' is the composition of three movements, performed attacca. All Grieg’s drafts are inculcated here. All thematic materials belong to Edvard Grieg.
The main idea of the composition was the exposition of different viewpoints to Grieg’s Concerto drafts. Rather free revision absorbing modern music expressive means (complicated harmony and rhythmic, technique of clusters and collages, special orchestra effects, among which there is a significant function of percussions etc), or unmasking of the most typical Grieg’s features, i. e. making stylistic model of his music.
Two beginning laconic movements are the kind of a prologue to the evolving finale.
The Concerto-Phantasia ''In the World of Edvard Grieg'' was performed for the first time on May 16, 2004 in the Bolshoy St.Petersburg Philharmonic Hall by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor - Algirdas Paulavicius, soloist - Igor Uryash).