Key Listening Practice 1st Movement
Times on this page are for convenience only and not to be quoted in an exam. The times refer to the video version on the main Mozart page on this site
0' 50'' - Rising staccato scale followed by chromatic run all on violins
0' 53'' - Flute and clarinet answer the violins. also notice the parallel 3rds
1'28'' - Dominant pedal (E in the key of A) on Double Basses and Cello
1'48'' Light ("dainty") style typical of the Classical era and the appogiatura (lit. to Lean) at the end of the phrase
2'15'' Interrupted cadence instead of the expected perfect cadence
2'42'' Perfect cadence
2'43'' Alberti Bass in the L.H. of the piano
3'00'' R.H. embellishment of melody with scales and broken chords and again at 3'23''
3'43'' Melody in R.H. Block chords in the L.H.
4'00'' Again the Flute answers
4'25 another unexpected interrupted cadence
4'56'' R.H. trill (ornamentation of the melody)
4'58'' Perfect cadence
5' 10'' Imperfect cadence (unfinished)
5'12'' Trill on Violins
5'38'' Clarinet melody answered by piano and strings
5'45'' Flute joins the clarinet
6'04'' Sequences and imitation (clarinet followed by flute) through a variety of keys with a counter melody on the piano
6'27'' Tonic pedal in E on L.H. of Piano and Double Bass
6'58'' Recap begins with violins melody followed by piano
7'13'' Grace notes (octaves) ornament the piano melody (R.H.)
7'25''repeated notes in the accompaniment (Cellos and Basses)
7'55'' Imperfect Cadence
8'37'' Interrupted cadence
8'58'' Imperfect Cadence
9'00'' Theme E solo piano. R.H. and L.H. counterpoint against each other (imitation and polyphonic)
9'12'' This melody is answered by Clarinets with a piano counter melody
9'40 Trill on R.H. of Piano and a perfect Cadence
9'54'' Imperfect Cadence
9'59'' Theme played by Flute and violins
10'10 Imperfect cadence
10'11''Candenza (Describe)
11'25'' Perfect Cadence
11'55'' Perfect Cadence
0' 53'' - Flute and clarinet answer the violins. also notice the parallel 3rds
1'28'' - Dominant pedal (E in the key of A) on Double Basses and Cello
1'48'' Light ("dainty") style typical of the Classical era and the appogiatura (lit. to Lean) at the end of the phrase
2'15'' Interrupted cadence instead of the expected perfect cadence
2'42'' Perfect cadence
2'43'' Alberti Bass in the L.H. of the piano
3'00'' R.H. embellishment of melody with scales and broken chords and again at 3'23''
3'43'' Melody in R.H. Block chords in the L.H.
4'00'' Again the Flute answers
4'25 another unexpected interrupted cadence
4'56'' R.H. trill (ornamentation of the melody)
4'58'' Perfect cadence
5' 10'' Imperfect cadence (unfinished)
5'12'' Trill on Violins
5'38'' Clarinet melody answered by piano and strings
5'45'' Flute joins the clarinet
6'04'' Sequences and imitation (clarinet followed by flute) through a variety of keys with a counter melody on the piano
6'27'' Tonic pedal in E on L.H. of Piano and Double Bass
6'58'' Recap begins with violins melody followed by piano
7'13'' Grace notes (octaves) ornament the piano melody (R.H.)
7'25''repeated notes in the accompaniment (Cellos and Basses)
7'55'' Imperfect Cadence
8'37'' Interrupted cadence
8'58'' Imperfect Cadence
9'00'' Theme E solo piano. R.H. and L.H. counterpoint against each other (imitation and polyphonic)
9'12'' This melody is answered by Clarinets with a piano counter melody
9'40 Trill on R.H. of Piano and a perfect Cadence
9'54'' Imperfect Cadence
9'59'' Theme played by Flute and violins
10'10 Imperfect cadence
10'11''Candenza (Describe)
11'25'' Perfect Cadence
11'55'' Perfect Cadence