On Beethoven's Openings Opening phrase of ... Musical Acorns: the... The 'question' in ... ...and answered The opening phrase... Starting with a stop The rhythmic profil... Phrase One, Part One Phrase One, Part Two The properties of ... Phrase Two: from meander to march The makings of a ... Repetition as a ma... From soft to loud... Mega-repetition: vio... But no two repetit... More variation: pit... Return to opening ... Clarinets, horns, b... 'New' insistent rhy... With the dawn chor... First violins play... Sudden change of k... Arrival at the hig... Unusual properties of second main theme Rhythmic clash betw... winds fall selent ... Winds answer with ... Crescendo leads to... Beginning of coda,... Strings reiterate s... A simple, rising v... The nature and fun... The nature of harm... A typically Beethov... Repetitiousness and... Then come four, almost identical bars Even greater magic,... Entire Development ... The Development continued Increased unease an... Arrival at the poi... Beginning of Recapitulation More Beethovenian f... Harmonic rhythm spe... Prevailing mood res... Violins and violas... A hush falls, foll... Clarinet takes up ... First violins take... Beethoven slips in... First movement (complete) General introduction... Brook music quicken... The 'motto' theme ... Transitional 'bridge... Will he, or won't... The run-up to the Second Group Arrival at the Sec... A new tune is introduced by the bassoon Tune is repeated three times ...which the full ... Theme carried by f... A reminder of precedent Back to the prevai... Another reminder of precedent... ...and a cue to s... The transformational... Conversation of cla... Harmonic movement e... Flute and oboe dis... Gains in volume an... More thematic trans... Harmonic fluideity ... Harmonic instability... Recap. and transfor... Just when we know... Transformation by r... The silence is bro... First violins bring back motto theme Cue to complete movement on CD 2 Second movement (complete) Beethoven and the ... Immediate response;... Entire orchestra gi... A mustical ball ga... After quietly teasi... Clarinet joins in,... Strings sweep the ... The air is alive ... Coda; begins as th... Original layout com... Third movement (complete) Unparalled portrait... Self-generating form... The 'lashing rain'... The 'lightning' mot... 'Rain' motif, deriv... Shivering tremolando... Steady crescendo in... Extremes of dynamic... Abandonment of melo... Storm dispersed, th... Cue to complete pr... Fourth movement (complete) 'Yodelling' figure ... Details of instrume... Main theme heard t... Now we get the wh... Transition to the ... The rhythmic basis... Another rhythmic de... ...and is then hea... New phrase, introdu... Main theme, re-orch... Hints of a return... Main theme returns,... Running commentary ... Part Three of main... Extended coda; over... Suddenly the scene... The crowning glory,... Cue into complete ... Fourth and Fifth movements (complete)