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Piano Quintet in G minor (Sibelius)
The Piano Quintet in G minor, JS 159, is a five-movement chamber piece for two violins, viola, cello, and piano[3] written in 1890 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. When composing the piece, Sibelius replaced the original Movement IV (marked Vivace) with a scherzo (Vivacissimo); the earlier Vivace is extant.[4] HistoryMovements I and III of the Piano Quintet premiered in Helsinki on 5 May 1890 at the Music Institute (now the Sibelius Academy); the performers included the Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen (violin) and the Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni (piano), as well as Karl Wasenius (violin), Josef Schwartz (viola), and Otto Hutschenreuter (cello).[1] Movements II and IV had their premieres a half-year later on 11 October the first four movements were performed in Turku; among the soloists was Sibelius's close friend, the playwright Adolf Paul, who played piano, as well as Richard Hagel on first violin.[1] At neither of the two 1890 concerts was Movement V played. As a result, Sibelius rescued themes from the finale by reusing them for the Rondo in D minor (JS 162, 1893) for viola and piano duo, as well as the first of the Six Impromptus (Op. 5/1, 1893) for solo piano.[4] In 1965, Movement V was played for the first time when the quintet in its entirety was premiered properly on 24 May at the Turku Concert Hall; the instrumentalists were as follows: Tuomas Haapanen (violin), Pekka Kari (violin), Mauri Pietikäinen (viola), Erkki Rautio (cello), and Liisa Pohjola (piano).[1] StructureA 5 May 1890 ad promoting the premiere of Sibelius's G minor Quintet (Movements I and III only; II and IV premiered in October, and V in 1965.) The Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni played the piano at the premiere; he taught at the Helsinki Music Institute and was a friend of Sibelius's. The G minor Quintet is in five movements, as follows:
The piece was published posthumously in 1993 by Edition Wilhelm Hansen.[1] Movement IThe first movement, marked Grave – Allegro, is in 3 Movement IIThe second movement is an intermezzo; marked Moderato and in 4 Movement IIIThe third movement, marked Andante, is in 2 Movement IVThe fourth movement is a scherzo; marked Vivacissimo and in 3 Movement VThe fifth movement begins Moderato in 4 DiscographyThe Finnish pianist Erik T. Tawaststjerna and the Sibelius Academy Quartet made the world premiere studio recording of the G minor Quintet for Finlandia in 1985.[1] The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:
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