brandenburg-section A continued

Viola then violin

When the ripeno enter at bar 29, which are the first two instruments to play the subject/answer theme?

Tutti

What is the term for every instrument playing together?

Because we now have all the instruments playing rather than just three, the dynamics are suddenly louder

How would this section naturally change the dynamics?

Terraced dynamics

What is the term used for this type of dynamics that are either loud or quiet with no in between?

Unison

Following the brief subject and answer from the ripen, the solo flute and violin play the subject theme together using exactly the same notes. What is the term for this playing?

Countersubject material

What are the remaining instruments playing while the soloists play the theme?

Antiphonal

The triplet figures played by the ripeno violins in bars 35-36 are then echoed by the solo flute and violin. What is the term for this kind of imitation?

Stretto

To finish this section, just before the harpsichord plays 7 bars of rapid semiquaver runs, we have the subject played by the harpsichord left hand, cello and double bass (bar 39) but it is interrupted by the answer half way through by the harpsichord right hand. What is the term for this?

Sequence

Following some more antiphonal dialogue between the solo flute and violin against the harpsichord (bars 52-55), all three soloists play patterns that move by a step each time. What is the term for this?

D major

This section concludes with another brief moment of stretto starting with the ripeno viola in bar 64 followed by the ripieno violin, then the cello, basses and harpsichord. There is then a final dialogue section mainly between the solo flute and the harpsichord (from bar 68). But what key does the section end in?