Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Tchaik violin concerto in D major movement II

The movement starts off with a woodwind soli of progressions in the tonic minor key. Many secondary dominants and leading tone chords are heard. The mood of teh piece is very sublime and ethereal. There is much meloncholy to the melody that is played first by the solo violin shortly after the chordal opening. A parallel period starts the piece. The harmonic form of the movement is used often which gives an exotic and foreign spice to the movement. The melody is then played by the flute and then echoed by the clarinet. Tempo and mood change as the soloist presents the secondary theme. This theme is more positive in connotation and posesses more "good." The texture at this point is mostly string accompaniment. Sequences are heard as the soloist and woodwind accompaniment travel through the key. The harmonic form is played by the violin and then clarinet. The mood returns to its first conception as the melody is played by the solist again and this time it is accompanied by a counterpoint melody by the flute. It is repeated again but this time no counterpoint but with a harmonic accompaniment by the clarinet and strings. The beginning progressions are again played by the woodwinds in the original key. It is developed this time, however. It is run through a sequence of modulations from key to key by half-step. The movement ends with do ti do in the basses. This piece could either be a rounded binary form or a ternary form. Hopefully I will learn this in the future.

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