Piano Concerto No. 3 (Medtner)

The Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor, "Ballade", Op. 60, is one of Nikolai Medtner's last major compositions, completed in 1943, when he was 63. It was commissioned by the pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch, who had been an early champion of Medtner.

Ballade
Piano concerto by Nikolai Medtner
KeyE minor
Opus60
PeriodModernist-contemporary
Composed1940–1943
DedicationJayachamaraja Wadiyar, the Maharaja of Mysore
Durationabout 36 minutes
MovementsOne (divided into three sub-movements)
Premiere
Date19 February 1944 (1944-02-19)
LocationRoyal Albert Hall, London
ConductorAdrian Boult
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.