Listen to Haydn’s Symphony no. 104, the London. It is available on YouTube played by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Listen closely for the A-B-A patterns within the fi rst movement. Identify the repeated melodic material and consider the ways in which the orchestra varies the melodies as the piece progresses. How diffi cult is it to identify the emotional content of the fi rst movement? Of any of the movements? How does watching the orchestra play help you identify theme and variation?
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