The second theme in this piece's first movement is oddly in E flat major in the exposition but A flat major in the recapitulation. Krystian Zimerman performed a landmark recording of this piece with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The French horn plays a mournful quarter-note solo near the end of this work's first movement. A solo flute, then a clarinet, introduces the theme of this work's second movement, which is heavy in arpeggiated triplets and is thematically based on a romance written for the Skalon sisters. This work was dedicated to the composer's psychiatrist Nikolai Dahl, who cured him of depr
The second theme in this piece's first movement is oddly in E flat major in the exposition but A flat major in the recapitulation. Krystian Zimerman performed a landmark recording of this piece with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The French horn plays a mournful quarter-note solo near the end of this work's first movement. A solo flute, then a clarinet, introduces the theme of this work's second movement, which is heavy in arpeggiated triplets and is thematically based on a romance written for the Skalon sisters. This work was dedicated to the composer's psychiatrist Nikolai Dahl, who cured him of depression. It begins with a series of chords, alternating with low F half notes, crescendoing all the way from pianissimo to fortissimo, to imitate the sound of tolling bells. For 10 points, name this C minor work for keyboard instrument and orchestra, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
The second theme in this piece's first movement is oddly in E flat major in the exposition but A flat major in the recapitulation.