On Friday September the 27th, I attended a concert by the New York Philharmonic. The performance took place at the Lincoln Center, more specifically David Geffen Hall. They played Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, as well as Symphonic Dances. The performance was conducted by Ludovic Marlot. And Daniil Trifonov played the Piano. The Piano concerto No.3 was composed in 1909, dedicated to the Pianists Josef Hofman. The Symphonic Dances was composed in 1940. Sergei Rachmaninoff composed four Piano concertos throughout his career and was the soloist at the premiere of each.
All of Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos are known to be hard to play. Rachmaninoff tried to make his third concerto a bit easier, in order for all pianist to be able to play it. But it was only harder. Maybe it was because Rachmaninoff’s hands individually spanned the interval of a 13th and whose keyboard stamina was practically limitless. His third concerto was so hard that his idol Josef Hofman wasn’t able to play it. Hofman had considerably smaller hands, as a result he was never able to perform this concerto that bears his name at the top of its first page. …show more content…
Knowing how hard the piece is. Although Trifonov is a world class pianist, he is only 24. Assigning him was a risk. With all the pressure on Trifonov, his performance can be described as perfection. He didn’t miss any notes, played in tempo, and amazed the audience. Although his hands were moving all around the keyboard, he produced a smooth inspiring sound. As he played the cadenzas in the first and third movement he made the audience focus on him. The way Mr.Trifonov was jumping on and of his bench for me seemed as he gave the piece a personal