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Essay No.3 for Orchestra, Op.47Year: 1978
Genre: Other Orchestral
Pr. Instrument: Orchestra
Barber's final Essay was written in the summer of 1978 and first conducted
by Zubin Mehta in New York. Like his previous Essays, this is an abstract
piece of music of dramatic character. The language is openly tonal and
typically mature Barber. Slightly longer than the other two, it begins with
one minute of solo percussion. There is not an easily perceptible structure
like in the previous Essays. There are two clearly discernible themes, the
main one being a warm and open melody in major mode. They combine
to produce a series of dramatic episodes of varying intensity ending in an
intense climax.
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