Thursday, February 3, 2011

2/3 Beethoven's "Spring" Violin Sonata (Color Analysis)

Time for another visual breakdown of a Beethoven work, this time Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24 "Spring" (1801).  I know I posted a Mutter/Orkis rendition before so this one will be by Perlman/Ashkenazy.  I need to get to those early violin sonatas one of these days....

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24 "Spring" (1801)
Piano: Vladimir Ashkenazy / Violin: Itzhak Perlman
0:00 - I. Allegro
9:49 - II. Adagio molto expressivo
16:17 - III. Scherzo, allegro molto
17:32 - IV. Rondo, Allegro ma non troppo

Channel Link

Movement I. Allegro
Exposition
1st Theme (MAROON)
2nd Theme (BLUE)
3rd Theme (TAN)
Exposition Repeat
1st Theme (MAROON)
2nd Theme (BLUE)
3rd Theme (TAN)
Development (PURPLE)
Part 1 - on 1st Theme
Part 2 - on 2nd Theme
Recapitulation
1st Theme (MAROON)
2nd Theme (BLUE)
3rd Theme (TAN)
Coda (GREEN)

Movement II: Adagio molto expressivo (starting at 9:49)
1st Theme (piano) (MAROON)
1st Theme (violin)
2nd Theme (BLUE)
1st Theme Variation (piano) (MAROON 2)
1st Theme Variation (violin)
2nd Theme Variation (violin) (BLUE 2)
2nd Theme Variation (piano)
1st Theme Development (BROWN)

Movement III: Scherzo, Trio (starting at 16:17)
Scherzo (BROWN)
Trio (OLIVE)
Scherzo Repeat (BROWN)

Movement IV: Finale (starting 17:32)
Exposition
1st Theme (MAROON)
2nd Theme (OLIVE)
3rd Theme (GREEN)
Development
1st Theme (Var 1) (MAROON LIGHT)
2nd Theme (Var 1) (OLIVE LIGHT)
Transition (BLUE)
Recapitulation
1st Theme (Var 2) (MAROON)
2nd Theme (OLIVE)
3rd Theme (GREEN)
Development 2
1st Theme (Var 3) (MAROON LIGHT)
2nd Theme (Var 2) (OLIVE LIGHT)
Coda (2nd Theme) (OLIVE)

(timings were assisted by Alan Rich's "Play by Play" book.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for posting this video and analysis, I have found it really useful for my performance of the piece.

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