Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (version with orchestra)
This guide follows Brahms’s Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (version with orchestra) (1894) in four parts: Allegro appassionato (sonata form), Andante un poco Adagio, Allegretto grazioso and Vivace.
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Follow all 47 sections as they play
- I
- II
- III
- IV
, F minor. The piano starts alone with a falling four- in three parallel octaves, and then the clarinet's 1 enters. A spikier, (strongly accented) rising idea contrasts with the long flowing lines. 2, the and the follow in turn. Despite the marking the mood stays wistful, “smouldering rather than explosive” in one writer's , and then the begins.
- 1
II 8:30–13:16
III 13:53–17:50
IV18:23–23:24
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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