Concerto in G Minor, Op. 9 No. 3, RV 334

Key

G Minor

Nationality

Italian


Time Signature

4/4, 3/4, 3/8

Stylistic Period

Level

Annotation

Movement I

Key: G minor

Range: D4-C6

Tempo: Allegro non molto

Time Signature: 4/4

Left Hand

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd position
  • Rapid sixteenth note passages – mostly step-wise motion
  • Sixteenth note triplet patterns – shift from 1st position – 3rd position within 1 beat
  • Trills on dotted eighths

Bowing

  • Combination slurred with 1 louré eighth
  • Detaché
  • Detaché Porté

Rhythm

  • Triplet sixteenths
  • Simple syncopation – 2 sixteenths, quarter, eighth
Movement II

Key: G minor

Range: D4-Bb5

Tempo: Largo

Time Signature: 3/4

Left Hand

  • Mostly 1st and 3rd position using a 4th finger extension for open string harmonics.
  • 1 Trill

Bowing

  •  Legato detaché
  • Combination 3 sixteenths slurred, 1 sixteenth hooked

Rhythm

  •  Duple to triple subdivision – Triplet sixteenths followed by sixteenth note patterns
Movement III

Key: G minor

Range: D4-D6

Tempo: Allegro non molto

Time Signature: 3/8

Left Hand

  • Uses 1st – 3rd positions
  • Rapid shifting through all 3 positions
  • Rapid 32nd note step-wise motion scales in 3rd, 2nd, and 1st positions
  • Trills

Bowing

  • Spiccato – brushed
  • Staccato
  • Combination 3 sixteenths slurred, 1 sixteenth hooked
  • Rapid 32nd note passages with string crossings
  • 12 measures of sixteenth notes slurring from the weak beat to the strong beat.
  • Switches back and forth from staccato to legato quickly
  • Echo phrases

Rhythm

    • 32nd note runs
    • Triplet 16th note passages

Recording

Sheet Music

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look inside Concerto in Sol minore per Violino, Archi e BC Rv 334 - Op. Ix N. 3 N., F. I-52 - Riduzione Per Violino E Pianoforte. Composed by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). Piano Reduction. Composed 1984. Ricordi #NR 13150100. Published by Ricordi (BT.NR-13150100).
look inside Concerto in sol minore per violino e archi, RV 3 Per violino e archi, RV 334 (F. I. No. 52, P.V. 339). By Oliver Nagy. By Tivadar Orszagh, Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), and Oliver Nagy. Edited by Orszagh Nagy. Arranged by Orszagh Nagy. Baroque. EMB. Book Only. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ3514. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (HL.50510796).
look inside Vivaldi - La Cetra Op.9 - 12 Concertos for Violin, Strings and Cembalo - Scores and Parts Composed by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). Arranged by Santino Cara. Baroque Period. Set of Parts, Sheet Music Single. 638 pages. Published by Santino Cara (S0.298047).

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