Third Piano Concerto

Instrumentation

pf Solo,3(picc)23(bcl)2 4231,t,p(3),hp,str

Year

1983

Duration

26:30

Composed

8/14/1982 - 5/27/1983

Dedication

Peter R. Kermani

Commission

Commissioned by the Albany Symphony for Julius Hegyi and Garrick Ohlsson; paid for by the New Music Program of the National Endowment for the Arts; the Northeastern Orchestral Consortium, the Rustam K. Kermani Foundation; and the New York State Council on the Arts

At its premiere, the concerto was hailed as "the most original for the piano since Bartok.  "  "the most original for the piano since Bartok.  " "The work is like a huge piano piece in which the orchestra supplies an extension of the instrument's timbres and dynamics.  It's energetic, packed with ideas, exhilarating. There's a vigorous first movement; a highly developed slow movement with beautiful sonorities (the orchestra has a more nearly independent role), eloquent lines, and powerful harmonies; and a trenchant finale." Andrew Porter, The New Yorker

Recordings

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  On Alligators, Third Piano Concerto, Fourth String Quartet, Natural Fantasy
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