Ludwig van Beethoven

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3

Op. 37


The score was incomplete at its first performance. Beethoven's friend, Ignaz von Seyfried, who turned the pages of the music for him that night, later wrote:

I saw almost nothing but empty pages; at the most, on one page or another a few Egyptian hieroglyphs wholly unintelligible to me were scribbled down to serve as clues for him; for he played nearly all the solo part from memory since, as was so often the case, he had not had time to set it all down on paper.

(Wikipedia)

Instrumentation

Solo

  • Piano

Woodwind

  • 2 Flutes
  • 2 Oboes
  • 2 Clarinets
  • 2 Bassons

Brass

  • 2 Horns
  • 2 Trumpets

Percussion

  • Timpani

Strings

  • Violin I
  • Violin II
  • Viola
  • Cello
  • Double Bass

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Performances

Notable Performances

Discography

Discography Comparison

Movements Recording Ensemble Duration
Allegro con brio
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Mahler Chamber Orchestra 0:16:11
Largo
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Mahler Chamber Orchestra 0:10:21
Rondo. Allegro
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Mahler Chamber Orchestra 0:09:10

Scores


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