Mozart- Piano concerto in A Major Movement 3

A Major, Allegro Assai

It is in Sonata rondo form
Subject group A has 3 main themes as well 1 important link theme and 1 transition theme
Subject group B has two themes and 1 important link theme
Subject group C has 3 new themes of which 1 is developed and extended
The recurring A: appears only once in its entirety at the beginning
Time signature: 2 minim bets per bar
Exposition
First Subject A1 (Bars 1 8, 9 16):
8 bar melody on piano with scales, grace notes and rests
5 and 8ve leaps, alberti bass, homophonic texture
Bar 9 16 : 8 bar melody repeated and varied on first violins, orchestra accompanies
Repeated tonic crotchets in accomp.
Wind and horn ply sustained harmony, string play a broken chord
Bars 15/ 16: Perfect cadence
1
st
Subject A (Bars 16 24, 24 32):
Bar 16:4 bar phrase on strings.
Begins on 2
nd
minim beat, violins plays in parallel 3
rd
s.
3 note motif, rising sequence
Remaining strings imitate rhythmically, polyphonic texture
Imperfect cadence in bar 20
Bar 20:4 bar answering phrase on clarinets, bassoon and horns.
polyphonic texture
1 bar 4 note falling sequence on bassoon
perfect cadence in bars 23/24
Bar 24: 8 bar melody repeated.
Variation in bassoon par with a sequence in bars 29/30
perfect cadence in bars 31/ 32
1
st
Subject Link Passage (Bars, 32 61):
Bar 32:8 bars on the orchestra.
Rapid scale passages and repeated notes on strings and bassoons.
Syncopation and wide leaps on violins from bar 35
Bar 40: 6 bar idea on orchestra.
Dialogue between first violins and flute answered by horns
Repeated notes in middle strings
Bar 46: 6 bars repeated.
Flute plays melody
Dialogue between clarinets and bassoons
Rising scales in parallel 3
rd
s
Dominant pedal on horns
3 note idea on violins which echoes the flute part
Bar 52: 10 bars on orchestra.
3 bar melody with triplets played twice by flute and first violins
Repeated notes, block accompaniment
V I chords bars 58 61