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Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Beethoven's Energy for Juosity

Beethoven is famous for his extended endings, and this is just another one of those. Instead of rushing off to the end, Beethoven wants to hear his opening theme one more time. The clarinets and bassoons allow the winds to have the prominence again that they had in the first movement. We seem to be coming to rest, perhaps finding our way back to the character of the first Movement.

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