Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 (1879)
Analysis below ↓
MVT I
EXPOSITION
0:00 - Theme 1, G major
0:57 - Transition
1:35 - Theme 2, D major
2:34 - Closing material
DEVELOPMENT
3:32 - Beginning of the development section. T1 in G major
3:58 - Dominant of C
4:03 - Dominant of F
4:09 - Dominant of A-flat
4:17 - T1 in A-flat major
4:37 - A new turbulent section using motifs from T1
5:40 - Arrival in G minor
5:58 - T1 in G minor
6:18 - Retransition
RECAPITULATION
6:45 - T1, G major
7:33 - T2, G major
8:18 - T1 modulating to G major
8:34 - Closing section
9:45 - CODA
MVT II
10:44 - A section
12:43 - B section (using the same rhythm as T1 from mvt 1)
14:51 - A’ section
16:48 - Coda
MVT III
18:50 - Theme A (similar to T1 from mvt 1)
19:48 - Transition
20:04 - Theme B
21:11 - Transition
21:24 - Theme A
22:35 - Theme C (same as the A section in mvt 2)
23:38 - Climax
24:02 - Transition
24:39 - Theme A
25:24 - CODA
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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