Piano Concerto No. 3 (Hummel)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 89 was composed in Vienna in 1819 and published in Leipzig in 1821.[1]
Along with the slightly earlier Concerto No. 2, it is written in a proto-Romantic style that anticipates the later stylistic developments of composers such as Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Liszt.[2]
The work was a favourite of Liszt in his early career. After the teenager performed it at the Paris Opera, François-Joseph Fétis, musicologist and editor of La Revue Musicale, published a very unfavourable review. He was particularly critical of the speed with which Liszt took the Rondo finale.[3]
Scoring[edit]
The work is scored for piano, flute, two oboes, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in D, G, and B, 2 trumpets in B, timpani, and strings. Notable is the sparsely scored second movement nocturne, accompanied by only the horns, cellos, and basses.
Movements[edit]
The work is composed in traditional three movement form.
- I. Allegro moderato (B minor)
- II. Larghetto (G major)
- III. Finale: Vivace (B minor – B major)
Notes[edit]
- ^ Mikio Tao, Works Catalogue of Hummel, [1] (pdf)
- ^ MF Humphries, The Piano Concertos of Johann Nepomuk Hummel Dissertation (Northwestern University, 1957)
- ^ Walker, Alan (1987). Franz Liszt: The virtuoso years, 1811-1847. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-9421-5.
References[edit]
- M.F. Humphries, The Piano Concertos of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, PhD Dissertation (Northwestern University, 1957)
- B.H. Kim, Johann Nepomuk Hummel and His Contribution to Piano Music and the Art of Playing the Piano (University of Rochester, 1967)
External links[edit]
- Piano Concerto No. 3: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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