Mozart- Piano concerto in A Major Movement 2

F # Minor, Adagio
It is in ternary form with 3 clear sections and a final coda
It is a siciliana which features compound duple or quadruple time, swaying rhythm and a minor key
Mozart shows the developing expressive qualities of the piano
Section A
Theme 1 (Bars 1 12):
11 and

bar piano solo

Homophonic texture, chromatic movement, dotted rhythm
Wide leaps, wide range, grace notes, syncopation in melody
Chromatic harmony: Bar 9 with chord of G maj.
Block chord accompaniment on left hand (crotchet/ quaver rhythm)
Bar 4 : Imperfect cadence
Bars 11/ 12: Perfect cadence
Theme 2 (Bars 12 20):
8 bar melody on first violins doubled by 8ve clarinet and flute.
Bassoon imitates at a bars distance and at the interval of a 7
th
.
Contrapuntal texture
No piano
Two bar idea treated canonically, played as a rising sequence three times
Syncopation Bars 18 + 19
Repeated broken Chord accompaniment on second violin
Bars 19/ 20: Perfect cadence
Theme 3 (Bars 20 28):
8 bar homophonic melody on piano
Dotted rhythm, staccatos, chromatic movement
Bar 23: variation with repeated notes
Block chord accompaniment (crotchet/ quaver rhythm)
Bar 25: Modulation to A maj. as strings enter
Imperfect Cadence in A maj. bar 28
Bar 28: Section A comes to an end as A maj. is established
Wide leaps, arpeggios and repeated motives
Dominant pedal on horns and then low strings
Section B
Theme 4 (Bars 35 52):
4 bar melody on woodwind
Flute plays a 2 bar melody doubled a 3
rd
lower on clarinet
Distinctive accompaniment: triplet arpeggios on clarinet
2 bar rising scales on woodwind
Bar 39 : Melody repeated on piano.
Right hand plays melody, first clarinet, flute double at an 8ve.
Clarinet plays 3
rd
lower ,
Left hand plays arpeggios
Horn plays dominant pedal
Bar 43 : 8 bar dialogue and sequences
Clarinet and Bassoon calls piano answers.
Strings and Piano calls flute and Bassoon answers
Demisemiquaver scales, triplet descending scales
Ornaments, wide leaps on piano
E maj. trill resolving to A maj.
Bar 51: transition from A maj. back to F sharp minor

Section A1
Theme 1 (Bars 53 68):
Music of bar 1 is repeated and extended.
Interrupted cadence stopping on D maj. for 1 bar
Theme extended by 4 bars using familiar material
Perfect Cadence Bar 67
Theme 2 (Bars 68 76):
Repeats music of bar 12
Variation of Theme 2 (Bars 76 84):
4 bar melody on piano and strings
Right hand plays a semiquaver version of theme 2
First violin answers with theme 2 in quavers a 7
th
lower
Grace note and turn on right hand
Alberti Bass on left hand
4 bars of left hand and bassoon dialogue
Dominant pedal on horns and low strings
Bar 84: 8 bar link passage on piano with wide leaps
Four bar harmony on pizzicato strings
4 bars repeated on woodwind
Coda (Bars 92 99):
8 bar theme 2 melody on flute and violin broken chord
Repeated dominant semiquavers on right hand
First clarinet doubles flute an 8ve lower
Bassoon joins an 8ve lower than clarinet
Very soft tonic chords at bars 97/98