Yellow River Piano Concerto · SR100024
Defend the Yellow River
The finale, in variation form, adapted from the eighth and ninth movements of the cantata
Mural guide
In a 1934 Shanghai practice room a young man in a dark long gown sits at an upright piano, hands mid-phrase. Through the tall open window, beyond the plane trees, a small figure rides a water buffalo across green paddies.
Part of · Yellow River Piano Concerto
The finale, in variation form in C major, introduced by brass, with the main theme developed in canon and a closing piano cadenza in triplets. It draws on Defend the Yellow River and other movements of the cantata.