Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
This guide follows Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 (1872) in one part.
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Follow all 3 sections as they play
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The (A) begins with a single short orchestral chord instead of an , and then the cello states the main . Four themes are exchanged between and orchestra, the first in A minor. Then the (B) starts turbulently and settles into a brief in B♭ major for muted strings, with a cello . In section C the first : the opening material is restated, two new themes appear (in F major and A major), and a new idea for the cello closes the work.
- A
- B
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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