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These themes include the Ukrainian folk song "Oy, kryatshe, kryatshe. Maes continues by mentioning that all the themes are tied together by a strong motivic link. Tchaikovsky presents his structural material in a spontaneous, lyrical manner, yet with a high degree of planning and calculation. However, a closer analysis shows that the themes of the three movements are subtly linked. The opening melody comprises the most important motivic core elements for the entire work, something that is not immediately obvious, owing to its lyric quality.
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Tchaikovsky's gift of hiding motivic connections behind what appears to be a flash of melodic inspiration. The key to the link between the introduction and what follows is. Musicologist Francis Maes writes that because of its independence from the rest of the work,įor a long time, the introduction posed an enigma to analysts and critics alike. Despite its very substantial nature, the theme is only heard twice, and never subsequently reappears in the concerto. This sense of independence seemed to be highlighted by being not in the work's nominal key of B flat minor but in the relative major key of D-flat. This well known opening passage in the concerto, was notable for a considerable time after its composition on its apparent formal independence from the movement and the concerto as a whole. What ensues is the actual first theme of the concerto (in the home key of B-flat minor) which is based on a melody that Tchaikovsky heard performed by blind beggar-musicians at a market in Kamenka, near Kiev in Ukraine.
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The well-known theme of the introductory section to the first movement does not repeat curiously anywhere else in the concerto. Main theme of the First Piano Concerto, as played on the piano.
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