Symphony No. 3 (Prokofiev)

Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Opus 44 (composed in 1928, premiered in Paris on 17 May 1929 Conductor: Pierre Monteux ) is the most problematic and musically, listed least often, despite the initial success of the seven symphonies of Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev. The extremely complex, harsh instrumented plant draws the majority of his themes and motifs from the posthumously (1954) and also rarely performed opera The Fiery Angel ( based on the novel The Fiery Angel by Valery Bryusov ) and suffers from the lack of acquaintance of his Bühnenpendants. It Prokofiev's Third Symphony has a similar problem as Paul Hindemith's Symphony for the opera Die Harmonie der Welt. The Third Symphony also suffers from the unequal weighting of its outer movements: The duration of the final movement is barely half that of the first movement, but not be easier in the instrumentation in any respect. It Prokofiev's Third has a purely random similarity with the equally problematic Third Symphony of Anton Bruckner.

The work consists of four movements and lasts just under 35 minutes.

The opening theme of the first movement corresponds to the main theme of the last and wildest scene of the opera, the obsession scene in the monastery. The structurally and musically restless dissonanteste third set also includes references to the Second Piano Sonata by Frédéric Chopin.