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The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between June 1900 and April 1901. The piece established his fame as a concerto composer and is one of his most enduringly popular pieces.
18 mar 2019 · Then the first movement becomes a storm of different themes, handed around the piano and the rest of the orchestra in a maelstrom of interconnectivity, until the towering ending, a right old clatter in C minor. Here's Simon Trpceski to explain:
The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between June 1900 and April 1901. The piece established his fame as a concerto composer and is one of his most enduringly popular pieces.
Length: c. 33 minutes. Orchestration: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum and cymbals), strings, and solo piano. First Los Angeles Philharmonic performance: December 8, 1927, Georg Schnéevoigt conducting, with Benno Moiseiwitsch, soloist.
6 lut 2018 · Piano Concerto No.2 (Rachmaninov) The Second Concerto comprises of three movements marked as follows: Moderato; Adagio sostenuto and Allegro scherzando. The scoring for the work is not entirely modest calling for strings, double woodwind, timpani and cymbals together with a full brass section of 2 trumpets, 4 French horns, 3 trombones and a ...
8 cze 2023 · Summary. F or the astonishing circumstances surrounding the composition of this most popular of Rachmaninov's works, see Symphony No.2 above. (At least, such is the official version of events, from Rachmaninov's autobiographical notes.
Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra was a personal as well as a musical triumph for the composer. During his lifetime Rachmaninoff was prone to depression, and Stravinsky used to speak of his “everlasting six and a half foot scowl.”
