Piano Quintet in G minor (Sibelius)

Movements I and III of the Piano Quintet premiered in Helsinki on 5 May 1890 at the Music Institute (now the Sibelius Academy); the performers included the Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen (violin) and the Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni (piano), as well as {{ill|Karl Wasenius|fi|Karl Fredrik Wasenius}} (violin), Josef Schwartz (viola), and {{ill|Otto Hutschenreuter|ru|Хученройтер, Отто}} (cello).{{sfn|Dahlström|2003|p=598}} Movements II and IV had their premieres a half-year later on 11 October the first four movements were performed in Turku; among the soloists was Sibelius's close friend, the playwright Adolf Paul, who played piano, as well as {{ill|Richard Hagel|de}} on first violin.{{sfn|Dahlström|2003|p=598}}

At neither of the two 1890 concerts was Movement V played. As a result, Sibelius rescued themes from the finale by reusing them for the Rondo in D minor (JS 162, 1893) for viola and piano duo, as well as the first of the Six Impromptus (Op. 5/1, 1893) for solo piano.{{sfn|Barnett|2007|pp=56–58, 84}} In 1965, Movement V was played for the first time when the quintet in its entirety was premiered properly on 24 May at the Turku Concert Hall; the instrumentalists were as follows: {{ill|Tuomas Haapanen|fi}} (violin), {{ill|Pekka Kari|fi}} (violin), {{ill|Mauri Pietikäinen|fi}} (viola), {{ill|Erkki Rautio|fi|Erkki Rautio (sellisti)}} (cello), and {{ill|Liisa Pohjola|fi}} (piano).{{sfn|Dahlström|2003|p=598}}

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The G minor Quintet is in five movements, as follows:

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|Grave{{spaced ndash}}Allegro

|Intermezzo. Moderato

|Andante

|Scherzo. Vivacissimo

|Moderato{{spaced ndash}}Vivace}}

The piece was published posthumously in 1993 by Edition Wilhelm Hansen.{{sfn|Dahlström|2003|p=598}}

The first movement, marked Grave{{spaced ndash}}Allegro, is in {{music|time|3|2}} time; it has a duration of about 10 minutes.{{sfn|Dahlström|2003|p=596}}

The second movement is an intermezzo; marked Moderato and in {{music|time|4|4}} time, it has a duration of about 4.5 minutes.{{sfn|Dahlström|2003|p=597}}

The third movement, marked Andante, is in {{music|time|2|4}} time; it has a duration of about nine minutes.{{sfn|Dahlström|2003|p=597}}

The fourth movement is a scherzo; marked Vivacissimo and in {{music|time|3|4}} time, it has a duration of about 3.5 minutes.{{sfn|Dahlström|2003|p=597}}

The fifth movement begins Moderato in {{music|time|4|4}} time before switching to {{music|time|6|8}} for the Vivace. It has a duration of about 9.5 minutes.{{sfn|Dahlström|2003|p=598}}

The Finnish pianist Erik T. Tawaststjerna and the Sibelius Academy Quartet made the world premiere studio recording of the G minor Quintet for Finlandia in 1985.{{sfn|Dahlström|2003|p=598}} The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:

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• {{cite book|last1=Barnett|first1=Andrew|year=2007|title=Sibelius|location=New Haven|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-11159-0}}
• {{cite book|last=Dahlström|first=Fabian|author-link=:sv:Fabian Dahlström|title=Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke|trans-title=Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works|date=2003|publisher=Breitkopf & Härtel|location=Wiesbaden|language=de|isbn=3-7651-0333-0}}

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