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Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218

177525 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 (1775) in three parts: Allegro (sonata form), Andante cantabile (sonata form) and Rondeau (rondo).

Recording: David Oistrakh (violin), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, David Oistrakh

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Follow all 24 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Sonata form
  3. III · Rondo
ISonata form0:18–8:57

Listen for the -like dotted rhythm of the orchestral opening, which carries the first . A follows and then a ( ). The first then , now with the violin, which leads its own with a new and a longer . Then come the and the , and a ends the .

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  2. :
II Sonata form9:37–16:54
IIIRondo17:30–24:57

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartConcertosClassical periodD majorSonata formRondo

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