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Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56

180435 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56 (1804) in three parts: Allegro (sonata form), Largo (theme and variations) and Rondo alla Polacca (rondo).

Recording: Nicholas Angelich (piano), Gil Shaham (violin), Anne Gastinel (cello), hr-Sinfonieorchester, Paavo Järvi (2015)

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Follow all 28 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Theme and variations
  3. III · Rondo
ISonata form1:09–18:02

The orchestra begins alone and very quietly, with the first low in the strings, and builds slowly in a moderate . The enter in the first section. The cello comes first with the first , and the violin and piano then take up the material, which is one reason the runs so long. The music heads for A minor rather than the expected G major. Then come the , the and the .

  1. 1:
  2. 1:
IITheme and variations19:17–23:26
III Rondo23:26–35:46

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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