Transcript IB Music SL
IB Music SL
Classical Music
Concerto and Sonata
The Classical Concerto
The Movements of the Concerto
Three movements: fast-slow-fast
Cadenza
The Classical Concerto
First movement
Ritornello and sonataallegro form
First-movement
concerto form
Sonata-allegro with
double exposition
Key change in the
second exposition
The Classical Concerto
Second movement
slow and lyrical
Andante, Adagio or Largo
Third movement
Allegro molto or Presto
Rondo form or sonata-allegro
Mozart: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
Barbara von Ployer
I: Allegro, concerto form
Exposition
– Orchestral exposition
– Piano soloist exposition, with new theme
– Orchestral tutti
Development
Recapitulation with cadenza
Coda
Mozart: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
II: Lyrical Andante
Also features a double exposition
III: Allegretto in 2/2
Theme and variations form
Presto coda closes the work
Haydn:
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, III
Considered one of his finest works for solo
instrument and orchestra
Written for an experimental trumpet with keys
Keys allowed instrument to play all notes of the
scale
Work first performed in 1800, then lost until
1929
Now a standard piece in the trumpet repertory
Haydn:
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, III
Compact three-movement form
– I: Allegro
Flaunts keyed trumpet's capabilities with melodic
and virtuosic passages
– II: A-B-A form
6/8 meter, pastoral in mood
Haydn:
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, III
– III: Sonata-rondo
Unexpected turns of harmony and dynamic
contrasts
Combines elements of both sonata-allegro and
rondo form
Brilliant display piece for the trumpet
Famous Women Virtuosos
of the Eighteenth Century
Noble and upper-middleclass women
Music teachers and
professional performers
– Maria Anna Mozart
“Nannerl”
– Maria Theresa von Paradis
– Barbara von Ployer
The Classical Sonata
Solo instrument or duo
The Movements of the
Sonata
Three or four contrasting
movements
Fast-slow-moderate-fast
Mozart: Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331, III
Unusual form
I: Theme and variations on a Czech folk
song
– A major
II: Minuet and trio
– A major
Mozart: Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331, III
III: Rondo “alla turca” (A-B-C-B-A-B-B)
A minor/major
Evokes percussive sound of Turkish
Janissary (military) band
brassy quick-time march
coda concludes the work
Janissary music
“Turkish” vogue
Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C-sharp
minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)
Title given after Beethoven's death
Composed in 1801 while he was
enamored of his young student
– The work is dedicated to her
Countess Giuletta Guicciardi
– She was once thought to be Beethoven's
"Immortal Beloved”
1994 film Immortal Beloved inspired by this story
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C-sharp
minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)
Breaks with conventional formal molds
Retains the three-movement format
I: Adagio sostenuto
– Modified song form: the piano melodies "sing”
– "Dreamy" tone, in C-sharp minor
II: Allegretto
– Scherzo-trio form, D-flat major
– Frequent use of syncopation
– A movement of respite
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C-sharp
minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)
III: Presto agitato
– Sonata-allegro form in C-sharp minor
– Tension-filled with contrasting themes and
restless motion
Remains one of the most beloved works of
the Classical repertory