Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto in G major

Full name and OP number + movement of set work

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op 58, First Movement

set work date of composition

1805 - 1806

first public performance where and when

22nd dec 1808 at Theatre an der Wein, Vienna

Structure of set movement?

sonata form with double exposition

Instrumentation

Solo piano with orchestra - double woodwind (flutes, oboes, clarinets in C, bassoons), two horns in g, Violins 1 and 2, Violas, Cellos and double basses

What speed is the first Movement of Beethovens 4th PC?

Allegro moderato

Who was the Piano Concerto No.4 in G major dedicated to?

Archduke Rudolph - Beethovens friend, student and patron.

What is a concerto?

Where a solo instrument/small group have a dialogue with a larger, accompanying group of instruments

Who developed the concerto?

Italian Baroque composers (Corelli, Torelli, Vivaldi) and German composers (J.S.Bach and Handel)

What are the two styles of concerto and who focused on them?

Concerto Grosso (Corelli, Handel, Bach) and Solo Concerto (Torelli, Vivaldi and later Mozart)

How long is the first theme and what length are the phrases

14 bars - 5 and 9 both starting with motif x (3 bars)

What do we have where we would expect the second subject and what does it do - give bar numbers

Transition theme 1 at bars 29- 32 which modulates from Am to Em, then repeated twice in Cmaj and Gmaj

Give a detailed structure of the Double Exposition - colour coded <3

First exposition: First subject group, Link Passage, Transition 1, Link passage, Codetta.

Second Exposition: Introduction, First subject group, Link passage, Transition 2, Second subject group, Link passage, Transition 1, Link passage, Codetta.

Give a detailed structure of the Recapitulation - colour coded <3

First subject group, Link passage, Transition 3, Second subject group, Link passage, Transition 1, Link passage