Concerto in A Major, Op. 9 No. 2 RV 345
Composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Key
A Major
Nationality
Italian
Time Signature
4/4, 2/4
LISTING
Annotation
Movement I
Key: A Major
Range: A3-G#6
Tempo: Allegro
Time Signature: 4/4
Left Hand
- 1st – 6th positions
- melodic sequencing that switches from 1st – 4th, then 1st – 5th, then 1st – 6th position (m. 40-47)
- Broken chord – melodic sequence moving through – 1st – 5th – 4th – 3rd – 2nd positions (m. 61-75)
- 1 measure of double stops in 2nd position (m. 76)
- Trills in all positions
Bowing
- Detaché ponté
- Staccato detaché
- Rapid sixteenth note passages with string crossings
Rhythm
Movement II
Key: A Major
Range: E3-C#6
Tempo: Largo
Time Signature: 4/4
Left Hand
- Triplet sixteenth runs – mostly step-wise motion
- Eighth note trills
Bowing
- Legato
Rhythm
- Triplet sixteenths
Movement III
Key: A Major
Range: A3-E6
Tempo: Allegro
Time Signature: 2/4
Left Hand
- 1st – 3rd positions with some 4th finger extension (could shift into 4th or 5th)
- Melodic sequence that can be fingered with 4th finger extension to eliminate string crossings, or can be played with string crossing (m. 30-33)
- Trills on eighth notes
Bowing
- Detaché
- Rapid 16th note string crossings
Rhythm
- Simple syncopation – eighth, quarter eighth
Recording
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