Piano Concerto no. 5

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 is a piano concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1809 and premiered in 1811. The work combines Classical concerto form with emerging Romantic-era breadth, featuring expansive orchestral textures, bold thematic statements and a demanding solo piano part, and it occupies a prominent place in Beethoven's middle-period output as he broadened the scale and dramatic range of the concerto genre.