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Eb major

Fast & lively tempo

Horns in Eb

Solo horn

Cellos & double basses

Passage for solo instrument with light accompaniment

Sonata-rondo form - fusion of sonata &

rondo forms

The rondo theme

Wide leaps

Strings play2 chords per bar on main beats

Homophonic texture - solo with

chordal accompaniment

Soft dynamic for accompaniment

An episode

Immediate reinstatement of the rondo

theme by tutti orchestra

Loud

dynamic

for whole

orchestra

Exposition: 1st

subject/rondo A

- tonic key (Eb)

Viola notes revolved around tonic/ dominant

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Passage for whole orchestra between solo sections - known as 'episodes'

Oboes used to thicken the harmony - rhythmic interest rather than melodic interest

Divisi oboes and horns

Use of double stopping

Transition to 2nd subject

be ins here bar 17

Accompaniment figure - bass note on

beat 1 with 5 repeated quavers in

upper strings

Rhythmic interest - unusual in

context of the work

Violins in octaves

Violins play in 3rds

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Homophonic texture

Legato upper strings playing in 3rds & 6ths

Divisi viola - players split notes between themselves

Lipped note

Hand-stopped note

Violin I takes the melodic lead whilst the solo horn isn't playing

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Oboes doubling string quavers

Both players play the same line

Horns give added volume to loud passages

Hand-stopped note

Octave unison

Exposition: 2nd subject/rondo B

(from bar 38) - dominant key (Bb)

Sustained

slow-movingharmonies

Tutti forte passage within solo section - bridges

gap before the soloist enters - allows the player to

restHand-stopped note

Percussive triple stopping in the strings

Descending scale

Oboes add extra attack to the string chords

Bb pedal

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Triple stopping

Tutti forte passage to bridge gap

to next solo horn passage

Dominant pedal (Bb)

Arpeggio passage

Repeated figure

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Chromatic lines - 2

notes altered b li in

High note for the French horn

Melody in violins here

Countermelody in viola

Dominant pedal (Bb) - helping to modulate

back to Eb major

Rondo theme

Exposition: 1st subject/rondo A - catering for the

rondo structure by repeating the A section - tonic

key (Eb)

Staccato creates a contrast

against the previous legato

feel

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An episode

Divisi oboes and horns

Acciaccatura

Divisi violas

Bb arpeggio

Octave leap

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Double stopping

Development: solo section - C

minor (relative minor)

Hand-stopped note

C minor key is highlighted by the B natural - leading note is usually raised in a minor

key, hence Bb to B natural

Descending scale fragment

Ascending scale fragment

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Hand-stopped notes

Legato feel in the strings

Modulation to Ab major - notice the Db

accidentals

Divisi violas - given important melodic

material

Passage with many lipped notes/subtle movements of hand in bell

Modulation to G minor - notice the F#

accidentals

Use of sequence across all

string parts

Syncopated

accompaniment

figure - bouncing off

the basso note

Sequence in violins (bar 101-104)

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Short solo for 2nd violins

Descending scale fragment

Rondo theme

Rhythmic unison in strings

Recapitulation: 1stsubject/rondo A - tonic

key (Eb)

Repetition of cell at bar 101 in violin II part - 8ve higher

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Return of an episode

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High note

Transition period from

bar 137

Syncopated accompaniment

Further use of sequence in violin II & viola

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Descending sequence in all but horns

Fast repeated notes - technically demanding on player

Tonic pedal

Tonic pedal (Eb)

Triple stopping

Recapitulation: 2nd subject/rondo B

in tonic key (Eb)

Dominant pedal (Bb)

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Divisi oboe

Eb arpeggio (ascending)

Triple stopping

High note

Triple stopping

Descending chromatic scale

Further use of sequence

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Tutti pause mark - signalling the

solo horn cadenza

Rondo theme

Recapitulation: 1st subject/rondo

A - tonic key (Eb)

Eb arpeggio (ascending)

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Oboes are given melody line - most

technically demanding music for the

instrument in the movement

Staccato (short & detached)

Octave horns

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Repeated suspensions in oboes and accompanying horns

Tremolo - the note is repeated in equal semiquavers -

"scrubbed"

Octave unison between cellos/basses & violas

Coda - reminiscent of the rondo theme

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Tonic pedal in horns Eb

Exposed oboes - brief freedom

from strings

Low note

Outline of triads, slurred in groups of six

Triads slurred in threes

Wide range used

Rhythmic unison to

finish

Triple stopped chords

on beats 1&3

May have been possible that the solo horn player played the

accompanying horn parts during the episodes in original