Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, first movement
Sonata form. 7 min., 18 sec.
EXPOSITION | |||
0:00 | Theme 1 | Main theme with two fermatas, followed by the first continuation (based on another fermata (the third) | |
0:20 | Main motive ff, is followed by a second continuation: timpani, crescendo. | ||
0:46 | Bridge theme | French horn, f | |
Second Group | |||
0:49 | Theme 2 | Major mode, p, strings and woodwinds in background) | |
1:17 | Cadence theme | Based on motive | |
1:22 | CADENCE | ||
1:26 | Exposition repeated | ||
DEVELOPMENT | |||
2:52 | First modulation, using motive; French horns, ff; minor mode | ||
2:58 | Development of first continuation of theme 1 | ||
3:21 | Climactic passage of powerful reiterations: | ||
3:28 | Development of bridge theme | ||
3:39 | Fragmentation of bridge theme to two notes, alternating between strings and winds | ||
3:49 | Fragmentation of bridge theme to one note, alternating between strings and winds, p | ||
4:07 | Retransition | Based on , ff, runs directly into the recapitulation | |
RECAPITULATION | |||
4:13 | Theme 1 | Harmonized; two fermatas. First continuation of theme; woodwind background. | |
4:31 | Slow oboe cadenza in place of the third fermata | ||
4:46 | Second continuation of theme 1 | ||
5:06 | Bridge Theme | Bassoons, f | |
Second Group | |||
5:09 | Theme 2 | Strings and winds, p ( in timpani); major mode | |
5:42 | Cadence theme | This time it does not stop. | |
CODA | |||
5:49 | Another climax of reiterations (as in the development) | ||
6:04 | Returns to the minor mode; new expanded version of bridge theme, in counterpoint with new scale figure | ||
6:19 | New marchlike theme, brass; winds and strings build up. | ||
6:51 | Theme 1: climactic presentation in brass. Last fermatas. | ||
6:59 | First continuation of theme 1, with a pathetic coloration; oboe and bassoon figures | ||
7:04 | Strong conclusion on |