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Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

190942 min

This guide follows Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (1909) in three parts: Allegro ma non tanto (sonata form), Intermezzo: Adagio (theme and variations) and Finale: Alla breve (sonata form).

Recording: Yunchan Lim (piano), Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (2022)

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Follow all 33 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II: · Theme and variations
  3. III: · Sonata form
I Sonata form0:33–17:10

After a two- orchestral , the piano states the plain, diatonic ( 1). The starts with 2A in B-flat major and continues with Themes 2B and 2C, followed by the . The builds in a long crescendo and reaches the . The follows, and only a of the ( 2A) before the quiet .

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  2. : 1
II: Theme and variations18:00–28:51
III: Sonata form28:51–42:30

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

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Sergei RachmaninoffConcertosLate Romantic periodD minorSonata formTheme and variations

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