the cellos played the first theme in eroica the first time.
the cellos played the first theme in eroica the first time.
who plays the first theme in eroica the first time?
the cellos
the final movement begins with an ascent to a high d. the oboe begins the main theme, which is based on the chromatic scale. the cello repeats it, and presents a new theme. the cellos of the orchestra repeat this, accompanied by the solo cello playing fast sixteenth notes. at bar 105, a distorted version of suliko, a song favoured by stalin and used by shostakovich in "rayok", his satire on the soviet system, is played. then, the flutes play the first theme again. a new theme played in triple time is presented by the orchestra, which is repeated by the cello. then, the orchestra repeats and alters the theme. the horn, bass instruments and solo cello follow. the bass instruments play a modified version of the theme, which is repeated by the solo cello after. the cello begins playing a new theme that uses exactly the same notes as the dsch motif. the modified version that was just played by bass instruments is repeated by the solo cello, accompanied by oboes playing fragments of the new dsch theme. the first theme of this movement is played by the string section after, followed by the new dsch theme in the woodwinds. the dsch theme of the first movement is played, answered by the cello. after the third time this is played, the horn plays the theme again in longer notes. then, the cello plays a passage from the first movement, which is followed by the first theme of this movement played by the woodwinds. this is followed by the first theme of the first movement played by the cellos of the orchestra, accompanied by scales in the solo cello. then, a modified form of the first theme of this movement is played in the cello. the concerto ends with seven timpani strokes.
cello concerto no. 1 (shostakovich)
the first movement is in sonata form. following a slow introduction, the first theme of the exposition is actually two overlapping themes, a short–short–short–long repeated-note theme in the first violins over a falling motif in the middle strings and bassoons. following a brief transitional section, the first theme returns giving the opening section a ternary structure. the first theme group closes with fanfares featuring repeated notes. what follows is a more extended transition featuring three repeated eighth-notes as in the opening of the allegro. there is no true second theme group making this a three-key exposition (p-t-k exposition). the expositional coda also features motifs containing three eighth notes. the development can be divided into three sections. the first section develops the exposition's first theme and the second develops themes from the expositional coda. both of these sections touch on the relative minor, b minor. following a two-measure grand pause, the third section opens with a false recapitulation of the exposition in the wrong key of g major which quickly collapses into more development of the first theme. when the recapitulation arrives, it proceeds quickly. following another transition, the fanfares from the first theme group return building up to an unexpected stormy climax in d minor leaving just seven measures of d major to bring the movement to a close.
symphony no. 96 (haydn)