• The first oboe presents the melodic material that will serve as the basis for the whole movement in the first four measures.
• A dominant pedal is maintained in the first three measures.
• Notice the harmonic clash in measure three between the G# of the harmony and the G natural of the melody.

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The passage is repeated in measures 5 to 9, starting in D minor. The D minor chord is transformed into a dominant chord to modulate to G minor. Now it is the turn of the piccolo violin to play the melody.

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• The melody now passes to the bass, and we modulate to C minor.
• In measure 12, a chord of the vii degree of A minor announces this key.
• The oboe introduces the melody and is imitated by the violin.
• The passage ends in A minor.

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Measures 20 to 31 are similar to the previous measures.

• Again the melody moves to the bass. This time it takes us to D minor.
• The violin starts with the theme in measure 23, and the oboe imitates.

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After the bass presents the theme, a short cadenza of the piccolo violin leads us to the final measures. We end on the dominant chord.

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Philomusica of London, Boyd Neel (director), Léon Goossens (oboe), Dennis Brain & Norman del Mar (trompas),
Emanuel Hurwitz, (violín), George Malcolm (cembalo)
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