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1. | Introduction; opening horn call and piano's answer | 00:01:50 |
2. | Rising three-note scalewise pattern | 00:00:25 |
3. | Quicker, descending six-note 'answer' | 00:00:18 |
4. | Second, answering phrase | 00:00:32 |
5. | First Main Theme completed by orchestra | 00:00:50 |
6. | Peace shattered as piano bursts back in like a tiger | 00:01:24 |
7. | Variant of opening horn call in bass | 00:00:19 |
8. | Orchestra returns; beginning of Exposition proper | 00:02:25 |
9. | Big, 'singing' theme in orchestra; piano 'forgotten' | 00:00:41 |
10. | Call to arms by strings; marshalling of orchestral forces | 00:01:03 |
11. | Piano re-enters fry with massive expansion of opening figure | 00:00:48 |
12. | Piano 'explores' two main facets of opening theme | 00:00:45 |
13. | Transition. sense of key weakened. Piano and orchestra come together | 00:01:07 |
14. | Piano and orchestra 'argue' over speed of thematic three-note rise | 00:00:41 |
15. | Piano and orchestra in friendly dialogue before piano falls away | 00:01:28 |
16. | 'Winged' harmonic shadow of pure pianistic tone-colour | 00:00:45 |
17. | New 'transitional' theme from orchestra developed by piano | 00:01:51 |
18. | After indecision and discussion, the mood suddenly turns playful | 00:00:26 |
19. | Reminder of Second Main Theme in its original form | 00:00:43 |
20. | Ttransfomation of Second Main Theme by piano | 00:00:40 |
21. | Piano hijacks orchestra's 'call to arms' | 00:00:43 |
22. | Piano and orchestra, now allies, explore theme, but with piano leading | 00:01:08 |
23. | Dramatic eruption of orchestra leads to the Development section | 00:01:13 |
24. | Pianistic 'tiger' replaced by gentle reflective, soft-spoken poet | 00:00:30 |
25. | Transformed 'tiger' theme amicably shared by piano and orchestra | 00:00:44 |
26. | An apparently new theme - but Battlle Hymn of the Republic? | 00:00:41 |
27. | Brief, downward-driving section prepares for the Recapitulation | 00:00:54 |
28. | On the threshold of the Recapitulation | 00:00:54 |
29. | Recapitulation: The Magical Return | 00:01:06 |
30. | From Gate-crashing Tiger to Celestial Tenderness - and a surprise | 00:01:17 |
31. | And unexpected and portentus change of mood, suggesting tragedy | 00:01:01 |
32. | Summation | 00:00:30 |
33. | First Movement (Complete) | 00:17:16 |
34. | Second Movement: The upward-driving opening gambit, piano alone | 00:00:13 |
35. | Downward-driving answer from lower strings | 00:00:27 |
36. | Theme vs Melody | 00:00:58 |
37. | Eerie, unharmonised, 'white' sound of Second Theme | 00:00:45 |
38. | Second Theme taken up and developed by piano | 00:01:25 |
39. | Expectation and surprise; harmonic fluidity and intensifying drama | 00:01:40 |
40. | Return (and transformation) of Theme Two | 00:00:41 |
41. | Theme One returns in orchestra; Theme Three emerges in major mode | 00:01:00 |
42. | Sequence of fragmentary episodes begins with unexpected fanfare | 00:00:58 |
43. | Variant of Theme Three in piano | 00:00:36 |
44. | Rescored variant of 'fanfare' theme; from grandeur to solemnity | 00:00:21 |
45. | Rhapsodic variant of fanfare, this time for piano alone | 00:00:24 |
46. | Recapitulation of opening, with piano and orchestra reversing roles | 00:01:07 |
47. | Theme Two transformed by new instrumentation | 00:00:36 |
48. | Cue and Second Movement (Complete) | 00:09:23 |
49. | Introduction, cue and First Main Theme | 00:01:53 |
50. | Theme One taken up by strings and solo oboe; piano's entry | 00:01:20 |
51. | Complex variant of Theme One with very different speed and rhythm | 00:00:42 |
52. | Orchestra and piano in mixed variants of Theme One, now intensified | 00:01:10 |
53. | Theme Two, hushed and 'tuneless', with piano, clarinets and strings | 00:01:28 |
54. | Oboe Theme returns, now delicately embroidered by the piano | 00:00:46 |
55. | Cue and Third Movement (Complete) | 00:11:50 |
56. | Finale: Introduction, cue and Main Theme | 00:00:57 |
57. | Violins take up tune, with winds and piano accompanying | 00:00:24 |
58. | Piano introduces Part 2 of the main theme | 00:00:37 |
59. | Part 3 of the theme, led by piano, in 'fiercely' self-confident mood | 00:00:54 |
60. | First Episode, Part 1 | 00:00:47 |
61. | First Episode, Part 2 | 00:00:23 |
62. | Piano hands theme over to clarinets and bassoons | 00:00:15 |
63. | First Episode, Part 3, in piano, first; then flutes and oboes | 00:00:40 |
64. | Strings and flutes take theme, with bubbling commentary from piano | 00:00:28 |
65. | Tipsy dancers (piano and winds) return, tiring; strings take over | 00:00:38 |
66. | In the central Episode, the orchestra throws down a dramatic challenge | 00:00:28 |
67. | ... to which the piano duly responds with a stormy outburst | 00:00:10 |
68. | Piano kick-starts run-up to final section in a variant of the main theme | 00:00:41 |
69. | Orchestra sets off on jaunty march, later joined by the piano | 00:00:25 |
70. | Piano propels orchestra into final section | 00:00:46 |
71. | Summation and cue to the movement as a whole | 00:00:22 |
72. | Finale (Complete) | 00:09:08 |