String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516
This guide follows Mozart’s String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516 (1787) in four parts: Allegro (sonata form), Minuetto (minuet and trio), Adagio ma non troppo and Adagio – Allegro.
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Follow all 44 sections as they play
- I
- II
- III
- IV –
, in form. The upper three instruments open alone, quietly agitated, with a full of breathless rests; the lower three then restate it in a darker 'shadow' version. Both themes start in G minor, and the expected bright contrast in the major only half arrives, since the begins in the minor before moving toward B-flat. The has a over a long cello note. The stays in the minor, and the ends there.
- : 1 / M1
- : T1
III 13:16–21:27
IV – 21:41–31:09
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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