PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3
COMPOSER: SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

SOLO VERSION (PRINTED EDITION)
LKM MUSIC
SERIES: LKM MUSIC
PUBLISHER: LAUREN KEISER MUSIC PUBLISHING
ARRANGER: PENG-PENG GONG

DESCRIPTION:
-I HAVE FINALLY DECIDED TO RE-CREATE THE ALREADY-DAUNTING “RACH 3” INTO AN EVEN MORE HORRIFYING BUT ALSO EMOTIONALLY SATISFYING PROJECT, WHICH WAS TO MAKE SUCH A LARGE-SCALE ARRANGEMENT FOR SOLO PIANO REQUESTING THE PIANIST TO COMBINE BOTH THE PIANO AND THE ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT OF RACHMANINOFF`S ORIGINAL CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT, THUS MERGING AN 80-PEOPLE ORCHESTRAL SONORITY ONTO ONE PERSON. THE PROCESS OF THIS PROJECT WAS ONE OF THE MOST ARTISTICALLY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR ME, AS I COULDN`T JUST TAKE THE ORIGINAL SCORE AND COPY AND PASTE IT ONTO THE SAME INSTRUMENT, WHICH WOULD`VE BEEN MEANINGLESS AND WOULD SIMPLY SOUND LIKE A MESS. ONE HAS TO REALLY WORK AS A SENSITIVE COMPOSER TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TIMBRES AND COLORS OF THE PIANO AND THAT OF THE ORCHESTRA, WHICH REQUIRES ME TO RE-ARRANGE REGISTERS, MINOR SHIFTS OF STRUCTURAL OBSTACLES, AVOIDANCE OF OVER-TONED HARMONIES, AND ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE AS IF IT WAS CONCEIVED ORIGINALLY AS A GRAND SOLO PIANO SONATA INSTEAD OF JUST SOME CRAZY TRANSCRIPTION FOR SHOWING OFF. I HOPE THIS NEW VERSION OF THE “RACH 3” CAN ACHIEVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF IN-DEPTH VIRTUOSITY AND EMOTIONAL SCOPE AND THAT IT MAY ATTRACT INTEREST FROM MY CONTEMPORARY AND FUTURE PIANISTS OR MUSICIANS.