On his first tour in the United States, Sergei Rachmaninoff gave the first performance of his Third Piano Concerto, op. 30, on November 28, 1909, with the New York Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Walter Damrosch. The initial critical response to the work was not exclusively positive. Over time, this work has developed a reputation as a very difficult masterpiece. It has been recorded many pianists, including Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz, Van Cliburn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Andre Watts. As would be expected, these pianists have recorded their own interpretations of the work. Some have performed the work with cuts, including the composer himself.
This exhibit displays some of the materials related to Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto from the collection of the Northern Illinois University Music Library.
For more information, you might choose to consult the following sources:
Huscher, Phillip. “Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Program Notes – Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 3.” Chicago Symphony Orchestra, http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=5,5,7,8 (accessed November 4, 2009).
Martyn, Barrie. Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor. Aldershot, Hants, England: Scholar Press, 1990.
Norris, Geoffrey. "Rachmaninoff, Serge." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/50146 (accessed November 4, 2009).
Piggot, Patrick. Rachmaninov Orchestral Music. BBC Music Guides. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1974.
A recording via streaming audio (Naxos Music Library) of this performance of Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto (this link goes to the NIU Libraries catalog record for the recording) with Bernd Glemser and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antoni Wit, is available online, restricted to NIU Libraries users.
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