TUESDAY, November 10, 2020 – 7:06 AM
Symphony No. 44 (TRAUER) in E minor, age 40
Instrumentation:
- two oboes
- bassoon, two horns (in E and G)
- continuo (harpsichord)
- strings
John Eliot Gardiner
- 0:01 I.Allegro con brio, E minor
- 8:56 II. Menuetto e Trio (Trio in E major): Allegretto, E minor
- 14:17 III. Adagio. E major
- 23:24 IV. Finale: Presto, E minor
Since all of the movements have the same tonic, the work is homotonal.