Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87, Movt. 2 (Piano Score)
A coda is provided simply by extending the fifth theme.
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Eschewing the strictures of classical form this is a movement that celebrates the surging melodies which came so naturally to the composer. The enchanting third movement, a gentle scherzo, is rich with folk flavour. The accompaniment for the first theme, a waltz which we hear four times, is based on characteristic techniques of the cimbalom, a folk dulcimer. The second theme, introduced by the piano, is modal and Eastern European sounding, a cello drone reminiscent of the Czech bagpipe.
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A teasing, asymmetric trio tune follows, comically suffering a heavy and wild exaggeration in the repeat. The somewhat histrionic tone is carried through to a link of shimmering scales which lead back to the opening, the waltz and folk tune explored further before a gentle coda based on the waltz theme, two unexpected final chords echoing the bluster of the trio.
The finale is brimful of new music - stretto style writing with dovetailed ideas and pacy, keen accompaniment result in a breathless race-to-the-finish feel.
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There are three primary themes: The lingering effect is a sort of peaceful serenity marked by a deeper knowing. A scherzo follows but its features are not quite typical. The middle section the trio is a dashing romp after Schubert or Mendelssohn and its urgent driving energy delivers the character of a scherzo proper, the two sections appearing to be inverted.
The movement is actually another sonata form contrasting the boisterous opening material with something soft, lyrical and golden establishing a battle of moods throughout. Here, a lively folk dance impulse nervously races with pizzicato and bristling piano figurations emulating the Gypsy dulcimer with a momentum that tends to accelerate with passionate abandon. Johannes Brahms Mentor Nationality: The work is an unjustly neglected masterpiece of the chamber music repertoire, an unfailing crowd-pleaser but possessed of an originality that makes it worthy to stand beside the more complex corners of Brahms ' chamber output.
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