Sergei Rachmaninoff

Composed in the summer of 1909; Ivanovka.
First performed November 28, 1909; New York City.

Even with the disaster of living through what has befallen the Russia where I spent my happiest years, I always feel that my own music and my reactions to all music, remained spiritually the same, unendingly obedient in trying to create beauty. – S. Rachmaninoff

If you feel so inspired, celebrate the 100^th anniversary of Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto, however and whenever suits you best.

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