Piano Concerto No. 3

I only really knew of his side.

We think about when we think about the Fifth Symphony, the Third Piano Concerto, or we think of the...

the portraits in the bust, so the stormy, slightly grumpy, slightly angry musician, very dramatic, very, very driven.

And this is, of course, part of Beethoven, but it is such a one-sided part of him.

Welcome to Backstage Pass with me, Carlos Miguel Prieto, with insights on this week's program with your North Carolina Symphony.

For opening weekend, we have a program of three groundbreaking masterpieces.

There is no better way to start a season than this.

three pieces that really make an epoch.

These two decades, the decade of 1894 to 1913, are really two decades where the music completely changed.

So much that there are people who say, Modernism in music or the 20th century in music starts with, one option that I've heard a lot, with the Rite of Spring from 1913, with Petrushka from 1911.

But then there's a whole school of thought, specifically in France, that says no, modernism was really started before the beginning of the 20th century in 1894 with the prelude of the Afternoon of Fon, Whichever way you think, these pieces are essential, these pieces are masterpieces, and I think you will tremendously enjoy this program.

So what is the prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun? First of all, it's a short work, 10 minutes, by Claude Debussy, with just music.