Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
This guide follows Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1919) in four parts: Adagio – Moderato, Lento – Allegro molto, Adagio and Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non troppo (sonata form).
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Follow all 43 sections as they play
- I –
- II –
- III
- IV – – ,
The / is the cello's , marked nobilmente (nobly), answered by clarinets, bassoons and horn. I in Part I is a gently rocking melody, first played by the violas alone and then taken over by the ; Elgar's sketch calls it 'very full, sweet and sonorous'. After a loud orchestral and the , Part II turns to a lighter, lyrical in E major, alternating with short bridges. The Part I brings I back in shortened form, and the runs straight into the second.
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- Part I / I
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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