4/6 The 7th Symphony (Color Analysis)

I must confess, the 7th symphony is not my favorite of Beethoven's 9 symphonies. It's a ROCKER, to be sure, but I don't know - it sounds a little too much like heavy metal music to my ears...;)
That 2nd movement Allegretto though is sublime, no matter how many movies, TV commercials and videogames use it to spice up their scores...

Symphony 7 in A, Op. 92
(Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Jaap van Zweden conducting, previously in video featured HERE)
I. Poco sostenuto: vivace (Sonata form) from (0:04)
II. Allegretto - Theme and variations (from 14:19)
III. Presto: Assai meno presto (from 22:36)
IV. Allegro con brio (Sonata form) from (32:05)

I. Poco sostenuto: vivace (Sonata form) from  (0:04)

Introduction:
1st theme (MAROON)
1st theme (development) (MAROON)
2nd theme (BROWN)
1st theme (return) (MAROON)
2nd theme (return and development) (BROWN)
Transition to exposition (BROWN)
Exposition:
1st theme (BLUE 1)
2nd theme (BLUE 2)
3rd theme (GREEN)
Exposition (repeat):
1st theme (LT BLUE 1)
2nd theme (LT BLUE 2)
3rd theme (LT GREEN)
Development - based on 1st theme (PURPLE)
Recapitulation:
1st theme (BLUE 1)
2nd theme (BLUE 2)
3rd theme (GREEN)
Coda - based on 1st theme (PURPLE)

II. Allegretto - Theme and variations (from 14:19)

Introduction to theme (MAROON)
1st theme (PURPLE)
1st variation (PURPLE)
2nd variation (PURPLE)
2nd theme (BLUE)
3rd variation (PURPLE)
4th variation (fugue) (PURPLE)
1st coda (based on 4th variation) (GREEN)
2nd theme (partial) (BLUE)
2nd coda (GREEN)

III. Presto: Assai meno presto  (from 22:36)

III. Presto: Assai meno presto (from 22:36)
SCHERZO:
1st theme (BLUE)
1st theme (development) (BLUE)
TRIO:
2nd theme (GREEN)
1st theme (partial return) (BLUE-GREEN)
1st theme (return) (BLUE-GREEN)
2nd theme (return) (GREEN)
SCHERZO:
1st theme (return) (BLUE)
TRIO: 2nd theme (return) (GREEN)
SCHERZO: 1st theme (return) (BLUE)
Coda (GREEN)

IV. Allegro con brio (Sonata form) from (32:05)

Exposition:
1st theme (MAROON)
2nd theme (BROWN)
3rd theme (BLUE)
4th theme (GREEN)
Exposition Repeat:
1st theme (LT MAROON)
2nd theme (LT BROWN)
3rd theme (LT BLUE)
4th theme (GREEN)
Development:
2nd theme (PURPLE)
1st theme (PURPLE)
1st theme (variation) (PURPLE)
Recapitulation:
1st theme (MAROON)
2nd theme (BROWN)
3rd theme (BLUE)
4th theme (GREEN)
Coda (1st and 2nd themes) (PURPLE)

(form analysis from Alan Rich's "Play by Play")
I'm going to do the 5th tomorrow as well, just since I have the notes handy...

1/17 Piano Sonatas 5 and 8, Symphony 7 (Jussens, van Zweden)

Homework (Pathétique Introduction)

Today's a holiday for many of us here in the States (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) so I'll feature another "longer" concert, much like I do on the weekends.  Lately Youtube has relaxed their video length limitations dramatically and you can actually find a Mozart "Marriage of Figaro" that's almost 2 and a half hours long on there!

So here's a recent broadcast concert by young pianists Arthur Jussen and his brother Lucas Jussen performing Beethoven's Piano Sonata #5 and Piano Sonata #8, followed by some Faure.  Then the concert finishes of with Jaap van Zweden conducting the Radio Filharmonisch Orkestin in a rip-roaring Beethoven 7th Symphony...I think these 2 young pianists are fine but those jackets...have got to go.

00:15: LvB,Piano Sonata #5 In Cm, Op.10/1 (1797) (Arthur Jussen)
21:20: LvB, Piano Sonata #8 In Cm, Op.13, "Pathétique" (1798) (Lucas Jussen)
43:00: Faure, Dolly Ste Op.56 Berceuse, Le pas espagnole (Jussens)
49:00: LvB, Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92, (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Jaap van Zweden conducting)

Vrijdag van Vredenburg 26-11