You will be required to recognize this music and understand the form and terms of Concerto Grosso on the next quiz. Follow the Listening Guide below as you listen to a free performance of the first movement, Allegro at Classical Plus
The larger group of "Tutti" strings with harpsichord play all together.
In the "Solo" group the flute and violin play melodic material, often in alternation, while the harpsichord accompanies, only occassionally coming to the foreground a bit. A long harpsichord solo at 8.c shows the full range of the instrument.
1.a. Tutti Strings, f, ritornello. D Major key.
b. Solo Flute, violin, harpsichord. Fl & violin trade little running figures.
2.a. Tutti Strings, f, ritornello fragment.
b. Solo Flute, violin, harpsichord: varied ritornello fragment.
3.a. Tutti Strings, f, ritornello fragment.
b. Solo Flute & violin alternate with "sighs," harpsichord.
4.a. Tutti Strings, f, ritornello fragment B Minor key. (Can you hear the
change to Minor?)
b. Solo Harpsichord starts with a "tinkly sound," flute & violin alternate.
5.a. Tutti Strings, f, ritornello fragment, D Major key. Can you hear the
change back to Major?)
b. Solo Flute, violin, harpsichord, varied ritornello fragment, pp.
Flute & violin alternate with short notes.
c. Solo, new theme in Minor key, pp, tossed back and forth between flute
and violin. The tension begins to increase; trills in flute and violin,
leading to........
6.a. Tutti Strings, f, ritornello fragment, D Major key.
b. Solo Violin & flute play a 4-note figure, harpsichord.
7.a. Tutti Strings, f, longer ritornello fragment.
b. Solo Violin, harpsichord, flute with a variation on the ritornello theme.
8.a. Tutti Strings, f, ritornello fragment.
b. Solo Violin and flute toss around a little musical idea while the
harpsichord plays fast scales in the background.
c. Long, virtuoso harpsichord solo with increasing dramatic tension
displays the full range of the instrument, leading to ........
9. Tutti Strings, f, ritornello.
