Romeo & Juliet - Recapitulation

Question 1

Key

Answer 1

B Minor

Question 2

Texture

Question 3

Themes

Answer 3

Full restatement of Strife
Love Theme Pt2
Love Theme Pt1
Friar Lawrence Theme

Question 4

How does it start?

Answer 4

• Starts with full orchestra playing full restatement of strife.
• Falling 2nd motif in Flute
• Strife ends on an Imperfect Cadence in D Major
• Love Theme pt2 in D Major

Question 5

Love Theme

Answer 5

• After Strife Theme, enters Love Theme pt 2 in D Major on oboe, clarinet
• Horn playing chords and accompaniment
• Canonic imitation in Violins
• Tonic pedal in bassoon + Cello
• Driving semi-quaver accompaniment in Violins
• Sequences are used to heighten tension

Scale passages in Vl, Vle, Vc lead up to Love Theme pt 1 on Piccolo. Piccolo line is doubling 1st violin
- Full texture
- Triplet accomp on WW
- 2 note swaying motif
- Sustained pedal note on bassoon and Cb
- TImpani enters and all instruments crescendo
- Timpani rolls, Bass drum enters, Bass drum rolls
Fragments of Love Theme treated in Canon
- DB pizzicato
- Rising triple scale

Strife Breaks in

Question 6

Strife Theme

Answer 6

• Section starts with full orchestra playing full restatement of strife
• Main melody on flute line
• Ends on an imperfect cadence in D Major
• Descending scales lead to Love Theme pt2

-Strife breaks in as LT ends
- Main melody on piccolo and flute
- 4 bar strife played by piccolo, Flute1, Trumpet , violin accompanied by remaining instruments in B Minor, ff, No cymbals

FL Theme for 3 bars

Strife in C Minor for 4 bars

FL Theme in C# Minor for 2 bars

• 3 note strife rhythm syncopated in all instruments except: Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet in A, Upper 3 strings
• Upper 3 strings play semi-quaver rhythm

-Strife returns in full orchestra towards the end.
- Elements of strife

Question 7

Friar Lawrence Theme

Answer 7

Enters for 3 bars after 2nd hearing of Strife theme in the recap.
- Main melody played on Oboe 1+2, Horns, Trumpets
- Busy semiquaver accompaniments in the violins and viola.

Strife returns for 4 bars

• FL theme returns in C# Minor in Cor ing, Bassoon, Horns, Trumpet

Question 8

How does this section end?

Answer 8

-Orchestra playing off beat rhythm
- Falling 2 note idea in Picc, Flute, Clarinet in A
- Semibreve G# in unison in Bassoon, Tuba, Double Bass
- Strife full orchestra
- Horns, trumpets and trombones punctuate the bars by playing on the 3rd beat in bars 473 + 474
- Elements of Strife in oboe
- Tremolo strings

• Final 4 bars on bassoon, cellos, DB with timpani roll announcing final tragedy.
• Only low strings and bassoon are playing.
• Recap ends on F# which is the dominant of B