Paul Seelig - Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor (1931)

Paul Johan Seelig (Dortmund, 23 February 1876 – Japanese camp Mater Dolorosa at Meester Cornelis, 13 June 1945) was a composer, conductor and pianist, who lived most of his life in the Dutch East Indies. His German father worked in Breda (Netherlands) and his German mother was on her way to him and gave birth at the train station of Dortmund. The birth was registered at the civil registry office in Breda.

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Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor (1931) two-piano version
Dedication: Käthe Haasse-Diehm Winzenhöler

1. Allegro molto moderato (0:00)
2. Andante sostenuto (19:00)
3. Allegro non troppo (29:42)

Maarten Boogaard Piano 1 & Duco Burgers Piano 2 (Orchestra)

There are plans to orchestrate the concerto for future Premiere in the Netherlands.

For Dutch listeners it might be interesting to know that the dedicatee Käthe Haasse-Diehm Winzenhöler (pianist who gave the first performance in Bandung) was the mother of writer Hella Haasse.

Paul Seelig lived most of his life on the island of Java, but he made trips to Europe, America, Australia, Japan and Siam. He had a music business in Bandung. In his music he combined Eastern and Western elements. He developed into a renowned composer and was programmed at the Wiener Festwochen and many other venues. During the war he remained on Java, at that time Dutch territory, while his other family members lived in the Netherlands. In 1943, he was interned in a camp where he died on June 12, 1945. Many of his manuscripts and compositions were lost.

For further reading:
https://www.forbiddenmusicregained.org/search/composer/id/101242