Mozart's Clarinet Concerto 3rd Movement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMBIf51JZ7U

What form is the 3rd movement of the Concerto in? What does this mean?

What form is the 3rd movement of the Concerto in? What does this mean?

Rondo, there is a recurring section with contrasting episodes in between

RONDO THEME A: What time signature is this section?

6/8

RONDO THEME A: What key is this section?

A major

RONDO THEME A: What tempo is this section? What is this in English?

Allegro, fast

RONDO THEME A: Is the size of the orchestra here bigger or smaller than a regular orchestra? What is it made up of?

Smaller: 2 flutes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, solo clarinet, full strings section

RONDO THEME A: What do the first 4 bars present? How does it do this?

A question, it ends on chord V (E major) and creates an imperfect cadence, feeling unresolved

RONDO THEME A: How do bars 5-8 answer the question?

They end on the dominant 7th chord (E7) then the tonic chord (A major) creating a perfect cadence, feeling complete and resolved

RONDO THEME A: What was the articulation in the melody for the opening 8 bars?

Some short spiky quavers and some slurred semi-quavers

RONDO THEME A: Where is there clear chromatic movement in the opening 8 bars?

At the start of the 4th bar where the imperfect cadence is created

RONDO THEME A: What is the accompaniment like for the opening 8 bars?

Just strings section, using rhythmic patterns based on detached notes

RONDO THEME A: When the orchestra repeats the opening theme, how is it different?

It has a bit more decoration and dynamic contrasts (piano and forte with crescendos)

RONDO THEME A: What happens after the orchestra repeats the opening theme?

The clarinet enters with the first of several virtuosic passages, beginning with an anacrusis

RONDO THEME A: What key does the virtuosic clarinet section take us to? What does this allow?

Dominant (E), it can return back to the tonic key to repeat the ideas from the beginning

RONDO THEME A: What are the features of the linking passage between bar 31 and the first episode of the rondo? What cadence is at the end here? What rhythm are the violins here?

Rising sequence of descending scales from strings, rising chords from wind instruments, perfect cadence, syncopated violins