3 note motif
Interval
of 6thDescending step movement Sequence of opening
tune one step lower
Bars 1 – 20 1st Subject
Crotchet pattern outlining chord V
Woodwind in octaveschord I chord V chord I
Repeated woodwind chords
Dominant pedalBridge Passage (20 – 44)
Altered 1st subject theme from here
Sustained woodwind chords Forte
Horns enter for the 1st time
No sharps
modulating
Relative major Bb major
Perfect cadence
Violins play triads one bar descending sequence
sfortzando
Dominant pedal (f)
2nd Subject (44 – 72) Perfect cadence
V - I
Pathetique mood
Chromatic melody
Bb Major
Sighing mood
Thinner instrumentation
Woodwind now play theme without the oboes
Ab major dominant 7th chords
Repeated one bar phrase
Crescendo – getting loudertrill
Chromatic bass
Chromatic ascending quaversUnison strings
Ic V7 IBb major
Descending quaver pattern
Canon lower strings
1st motif stretched = augmentation (upper strings)2nd part of 2nd subject
1st subject motif
Codetta 73 - 100
Perfect cadence V – I Bb major
Codetta idea repeated
Homophonic texture
V - I V
I V - I V - I V - IExposition repeated
Pivot chord(Link)
Dominant 7th G minor chord
G minor chord
Diminished 7th chord
octaves
motif
chromatic chords
F# minor
Sustained chromatic chords
Sequence
theme
theme
E minor
Countermelody (Staccato)
A minor
D minor
Countermelody swapped
G minor C major
Dominant pedal
Thinner texture
Dialogue (question and answer)
3 note motif of 1st subject
pedal
pedal
Recapitulation – identical 1st 20 bars in G minor
Extended Bridge Passage to 51 bars rather than 24 (184 – 227) to provide balance
Eb Major
V - I
Tutti Forte section bars 191 - 227 Theme split upper and lower parts
New Quaver Counter melody bassoons main theme violins
Parts swap over bar 198
F minor
Theme split upper and lower parts
Eb major
G minor
211 – 227 same as 28 - 43 but this time in tonic key
2nd subject now in tonic key 227 - 241
One bar rest adds to the drama of expectation
Theme shared between woodwind and strings
Texture and dynamics reduced
241-245 extension section modulates to Eb major
Dominant pedal
Rising one bar sequences in the bass
Ic –V- I in G minor
Rising version of the theme heard at 66 - 72
3 note motif of theme passed between clarinet bassoon and flute
Augmentation of 1st two notes in strings
V - I Scalic flourish
Forte passage interrupted by a quiet passage
Small fragments of 1st subject
Tutti homophonic ending on chords I and V in G minor4 strong final chords to end