This formally innovative concerto’s first movement contains a through-composed cadenza that transitions into the recapitulation, instead of a traditional improvised cadenza near its conclusion. For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify this 1844 concerto whose first movement cadenza ends with a series of accelerating, arch-shaped spiccato arpeggios that the soloist continues playing as the orchestra reenters.
ANSWER: Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor [or Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Violin Concerto in E minor]
[10e] Description acceptable. Mendelssohn’s violin concerto also eliminated these pauses, as indicated by the marking attacca. Concertgoers are typically expected not to clap during these pauses.
ANSWER: pauses between movements [accept equivalents]
[10h] The soloist in Mendelssohn’s violin concerto enters in measure 2, immediately subverting the conventions of this variant of sonata form in which a long tutti precedes the soloist’s entrance.
ANSWER: double-exposition form
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