Listening Chart 3 Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza, second movement

Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in G, La stravaganza, second movement

Variation (ground-bass) form. 2 min., 59 sec.

0:00 Theme Orchestra and Solo: descending bass image
0:22 Var. 1 Solo: Flowing material
0:41 Var. 2 Faster flowing material
1:03 Var. 3 Even faster music, though now in spurts
1:23 Var. 4 Faster yet: rapid figuration
image Brief stop at the cadence ending Variation 4
1:44 Var. 5 Thin texture (organ and lute drop out), with expressive violin material over a varied bass: in the minor mode
2:04 Var. 6 Like Variation 5, but the violin is a little faster and more expressive.
2:26 Theme Orchestra and Solo: as at the beginning
(i.e., back to the major mode, and the continuo returns)