Measures 1 to 7:

• The violin presents the theme (marked with a red line).
• The oboe (bar 3) and flute (bar 5) imitate.
• Motifs from the theme serve as a counterpoint to the presentations (marked in blue and green).

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Measures 7 to 15:

• We modulate to A minor in measure 8. We go through C major before affirming the key of A minor.
• We find the theme first in the flute, then varied in the oboe (bar 9) and violin (bar 11).
• The violin enters in stretto in relation to the oboe. That is, it enters before the oboe finishes its theme.
• The motifs mentioned above complete the counterpoint.

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Measures 15 to 23:

• We modulate to C major via F major and D minor.
• The theme in the oboe is followed by the violin and flute again in stretto.

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Measures 23 to 33:

• From C major we reach B flat major through G and D minor.
• We find again entries in stretto.

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Measures 33 to 43:

• From B flat major, we go to G minor.
• Several blue motifs prepare the entrance of the theme on the flute.
• The violin imitates the flute in stretto.

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Measures 43 to 50:

• We modulate to D minor.
• The oboe presents the theme, but most of this section is a result of the blue motif.

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Measures 50 to 57:

• A progression of fifths keeps us in the key of D minor.
• Exclusive use of the blue motif.

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Final measures:

The piece ends in D major.

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Vincent DiMartino (trumpet), Arnold (flute), Rennick (oboe), Saunders (violin), Lexington Bach Choir Orchestra
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