Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1 (Masterpieces of Music Book 3) by Matthew Rye

Author:Matthew Rye [Rye, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Erudition
Published: 2014-10-27T02:00:00+00:00

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Although this leads to a return to the opening theme [1a] in the original key area (D minor/B flat major) any sense of stability is soon undermined by the piano ruminating on a B flat dominant 7th chord over the orchestra’s pedal D as soon as the opening question is asked:

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And the A major follow-up over the pedal C sharp ensues as before, but now the pace of key change and instability confirm that this is no ‘repeat’ of the exposition but rather the movement’s development section. One of the most unstable of chords is the diminished 7th and the piano thunders out the trilling motif on one based over G sharp, which segues into the barcarolle accompaniment and the return of [1b], first in the original A minor but soon taken up a major third higher in C sharp by the piano. This in turn is picked up by the strings a minor third lower in B flat before the music modulates to B minor and the piano introduces a new idea [1h] that nonetheless pays homage to the [1d] motif:

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