Listening Journal - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat, K. 482
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hgaxI3JRgg
Excerpt: 0:00 - 6:00
Musical elements
Timbre/Instrumentation - full orchestra (violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, brass)
Staccato style in strings
Hemiola is present, often used to transition between themes
Meter - duple simple (occasionally duple compound)
Texture - homophonic
Many scalar runs in right hand of the piano
Dynamic level varies heavily from fortissimo to piano
Form
Orchestral expository section
Piano expository section
Section with call-and-response between piano and orchestra
Harmonic sequences present 3:20 - 3:30
Portions of unison with orchestra (see 3:50 for example)
Although I did not listen to this section, there is a cadenza in this concerto (improvised piano section near end)
Sections of transition/hemiola between duple simple and duple compound (for example around 5:50)
Context
Era - mid-classical
Time period - late 18th century
Composer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Country of origin - Austria
Sanctity - sacred
