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Today's piece · November 5

Symphony No. 3

Brahms · III. Poco allegretto · about 6 min · premiered 1883

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Musopenrecorded 2012

「Symphony No. 3」Performed by Musopenrecorded 2012Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain

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Piano Concerto No. 2Rachmaninoff · II. Adagio sostenuto
Written after a long slump; the flute is the first to sing
Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'Dvořák · II. Largo
A single English horn lingers over one long, slow tune
CanonPachelbel
Eight bass notes circle without rest while melodies stack on top
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 1Bach
One broken-chord pattern carries on to the end, like steady breathing
Symphony No. 4Beethoven · II. Adagio
A quiet pulse holds the strings' melody up from start to finish

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Symphony No. 5Beethoven · I. Allegro con brio
The famous four short notes that drive the whole movement
The Four Seasons: SpringVivaldi · I. Allegro
A concerto printed with a sonnet about spring
Maple Leaf RagJoplin
Ragtime from 1899 — the right hand slips off the beat
Étude in C minorChopin
A two-minute étude where the right hand sweeps the whole keyboard
Symphony No. 40Mozart · I. Molto allegro
One of only two symphonies Mozart wrote in a minor key

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October 31The Symphony Where Players Snuffed Their Candles and LeftHaydn
October 30Did Haydn Really Want to Wake a Dozing Audience?Haydn
October 29The Composer Who Couldn't Hear the ApplauseBeethoven
October 28A Requiem Ordered by a Nameless ClientMozart
October 27A Last Wish to Send His Heart HomeChopin

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