The Piano Concerto No.3 in Es Major, Opus 27 is a composition of the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns written in 1869.
The piano concert consists of three parts: History
Saint-Saëns performed this work at the pianist Elie-Myriam Delaborde. Van Saint-Saëns' five piano concerts follows this most classic Viennese concert form. Shortly after completion, Saint-Saëns gave the premiere in the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Critics scarred Saint-Saëns among the more progressive composers of that time like Liszt, Berlioz and Wagner, for whom there were still little promising words. In Paris, his third piano concert did not throw high eyes either. It took ten years for the work to live on popularity. However, the work remained in the shadow of Saint-Saëns' more popular second piano concert. The piano concert
Saint-Saëns himself acknowledged that the opening of the concert was influenced by the sound of a flowing river. Wavy passages of the piano accompany the announcement of the main theme by the orchestra. The Moderato - più mosso (allegro maestoso) has clearly been divided into several passages. After the opening follows a lyrical development of themes. After a flamboyant cadenza, a second theme follows the più mosso played by the orchestra. The first part ends with conflict between orchestra and piano.
The Andante begins with chromatic chords that did not go well with the visitors of the premiere. The second part is much more beautiful than the other two parts. The opening accords lead to a hymn theme for the strings, which is later shared with the woodwinders and the piano. A contrasting theme follows the strings and piano. Without a break, the final of the second part rolls into the third.
The third part is very lively. The piano transfers the entire keyboard into a constructive theme. This theme dissolves in a lyrical second theme. Saint-Saëns repeats the foregoing, but still works out. A repeat follows. Allegro non troppo has even included musical to parrots and cocktails. These birds were held by Delaborde, whose concert was assigned. Sources
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