 It is in one movement and takes between 11 and 15 minutes to play.The principal themes are bold and expressive.It has a curious place in the Chopin canon, and while its history is obscure, the evidence supports the view, shared by Robert Schumann and others, that it started out as the first movement of a projected third piano concerto, of which the orchestral parts are either now non-existent or were never scored at all.