This Sibelius score was meticulously created and perfected by Noel Woodhouse, Queensland, Australia. Many thanks, Noel, for offering to share all your hard work in the public domain.
The third movement is marked Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo. The concerto enters this movement from the 2nd movement, without interruption, when a lone bassoon note B drops a semitone to B-flat, the dominant note to the tonic key E-flat. The final movement of the concerto is in seven-part rondo form (ABACABA), a typical concerto finale form.
The piano begins the movement by playing its main theme,(Theme A of the rondo) then followed by the full orchestra. The rondo's B section begins with piano scales, before the orchestra again responds. The C section is much longer, presenting the theme from the A section in three different keys before the piano performs a cadenza. Rather than finishing with a strong entrance from the orchestra, however, the trill ending the cadenza dies away until the introductory theme reappears, played first by the piano and then the orchestra. In the last section, the theme undergoes variation before the concerto ends with a short cadenza and robust orchestral response.
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