Music A Level

• Baroque Solo Concerto is a term in Western Classical Tradition.
• Purcell's Trumpet in D is an example of Baroque Solo Concerto.
• Vivaldi's Flute in D is an example of Baroque Solo Concerto.
• Bach's Violin in Am is an example of Baroque Solo Concerto.
• Classical Mozart's operas include The Marriage of Figaro, which is an example of Baroque Solo Concerto.
• Romantic Piano Music includes Chopin's Ballade in F and Nocturne in Em, Brahms's Intermezzo in A and Ballade in Gm, Grieg's Gangar/Norwegian March and Notturno, which are examples of Baroque Solo Concerto.
• Richard Rodgers's Sound of Music and Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd are examples of Music for Theatre.
• Claude-Michel Schönberg's Les Miserables and Miss Saigon are examples of Music for Theatre.
• Jason Robert Brown's The Last 5 Years and Parade are examples of Music for Theatre.
• AOS1 in the AOS curriculum includes Music for Theatre.
• AOS4 in the AOS curriculum includes Music for Theatre.
• Purcell's Sonata in D for Trumpet and Strings is an example of Baroque Solo Concerto.
• Purcell's Pomposo section of the Sonata in D for Trumpet and Strings features a ternary bars, built completely on motif A with a fanfare-like mood, emphasis on tonic and dominant, and an upper auxiliary on second semiquaver.
• The Baroque trumpet has a limited pitch range and is mostly played in the first two bars of Purcell's Sonata in D for Trumpet and Strings.
• B101 vio2 begin imitation of motif b with vio1 falling in sequence Am - Dm - G - C, alt slightly (m3 not perf4), highest note jumps dom m9 b102 3.
• Final spread dom7 chord closes section.
• COF landing on widely spaced sus dom to prep for next rit.
• 4th rit (90 - 93) – brief false dom entry under sustained chord (b90 2) before full subject entry b91.
• B105 bariolage string technique (open string and stopped note): brightly resonant open string in rapid succession for 12 bars where stopped notes rise in increasing interval (maj3 to maj7) whilst bass and upper strings in antiphony passing between motif Z and motif A in 3rds then from b110 imitation of ritornello melody.
• Short 4th ep (94 - 116) – music rep 3rd time now in tonic for 8 bars.
• Reversed roles: soloist harmony for orchestral unison melody.
• Varied texture with vio2 free part above subject, vague countersubject below viola.
• Lots of rests blend the texture together, contrasts dense contrapuntal in rit.
• 5th rit (117 - 141) – exact repeat of 1 - 25, rounding off in structural reprise.
• B86 gigue momentum broken as solo inverts semiq from ep1 (b31) and then b89 motif X cross phrased around 7th (D) and further dislocated with ties across main beats.
• Rit theme falls steadily in sequence with inner dom pedal (E) - > Am for final rit.
• B82 rapid semiq string crossing (widely spaced) arpeg over gently rocking acc.
• B73 F - Dm - G - Em - Am - F - G - Am (b82), key change reinforced every other bar by upper strings doubling motif in par3 and 6.
• The second repetition of Purcell's Sonata in D for Trumpet and Strings features a variation at the end including an unprepared dominant 7th (semiquavers), typical of Purcell.
• The final phrase of Purcell's Sonata in D for Trumpet and Strings returns to the opening mood (section A).
• Section B of Purcell's Sonata in D for Trumpet and Strings features a falling contour, legato, no semiqs, conjunct motif, and Bm tonality (rel min), more imitative contrapuntal texture.
• More antiphony between viola and bass
• Trumpets descending triadic figure alternates in antiphonal dialogue
• Binary structure with repeated patterns and rising chromatic harmony in Section A
• Homophonic strings with lots of rests, slow tempo, B minor tonality, thoughtful and melancholy
• Fugal texture with melody in viola 2 and viola now
• Rising texture outlining tonic triad with greater rhythmic movement and more passing notes (excitement)
• Falling melody and increasingly chromatic harmony exploring flat keys in Section B
• Andante maestoso: gentle and expressive contrast to the first movement
• Allegro ma non troppo: Gigue-like dance, fast, 3/8 metre, D major, conjunct, imitative texture, binary structure