1. Allegro con brio
Tempo: 
= 144
The first movement is in sonata form, but with an added orchestral exposition, a cadenza, and a coda. It has a main theme repeated many times, and there are several subordinate themes. The orchestral exposition changes keys many times, but the second exposition is mainly in G major. The development starts in E-flat major, then modulates to C minor, which ends with an octave glissando. The recapitulation is in C major.
There are three options for the cadenza to this movement, all of which vary in length and difficulty and all ending with trills. The coda is played by the orchestra alone. Average performances vary in length from sixteen to eighteen minutes
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October 14, 2011 at 12:57 pm
bleatmop
Beethoven has always been my favourite classical music guy. The first tape I ever bought was “The Best of Beethoven”. Fur Elise and Moonlight Sonata were always my favourites from him too. I know… I was a boring little boy. Somehow Mozart (or anyone else) never spoke to me like Beethoven did. Though I’ve never studied music as you seem to have Arb, I do enjoy listening to classical music still. I think I may start playing some Beethoven for my daughter now :)
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