Exercise 1

Fig. 1

The following extract (figure 2) comes from the soloist’s first episode. Notice how the composer uses and adapts material from the opening ritornello.

Fig. 2

Figure 3 quotes the next ritornello which starts in bar 27.
Which three features are different this ritornello compared to the opening ritornello (figure 1)?

Fig. 3

The next ritornello comes from bar 57 and lasts until bar 67. Figure 4 quotes bars 57-63.
This time, the tonic is G minor but what is the new key that’s established in bar 63?

Fig. 4

Notice the cycle of fifths which starts in bar 60 creating a sequence and leading the music towards the new tonic.

Exercise 2

Listen to the first movement of the Concerto Grosso in G major by Telemann.

Here is the instrumentation:

• Two flutes
• Bassoon
• Strings
• Basso continuo.

The parts of the two flutes and bassoon in the opening bars are quoted belwo (figure 5). What is a characteristic of the second flute part in this quotation?

Fig. 5

In bar 7 the first ritornello appears and it introduces contrasting material. Write in the chords in bars 7-9 either as symbols I, IV, V etc or using figured bass.

Then, try to fill in bars 10-12 (strings and harpsichord) ending with a perfect cadence (124-131) that leads into the solo instruments’ next episode.

Fig. 6

Here is the pattern of the whole movement’s episodes and ritonrnelli. Write in the keys in the empty boxes. The V (D major) in bars 21- 31 denotes the harmony’s emphasis on the dominant chord in the key in question.

Bar 1-7	Bar 7-13	Bar 13-19	Bar 19-21	Bar 21-31	Bar 31-37	Bar 37-45
G major	G major			D major		D major -> E minor

Bar 45-46	Bar 47-56	Bar 56-57	Bar 57-61	Bar 61-64	Bar 64-68	Bar 64-74
				V (G major)		G major