No. 2 is the longer by 13 minutes, and notable for the emergence of a poignant viola tune in the big lento finale, and for a shocking last bar. |
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I heard not a few gasps of shock from the audience as the pianist moved from near silence in lento to a sudden ferocity in attacca. |
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Listen to the glorious outpouring of the lento, and the dance that is the finale. |
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And indeed, just before the end, there is a strategic, if quiet, B minor chord filling an entire lento bar. |
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The song opens lento and pianissimo, couched in rootless, muted parallel thirds. |
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Symphony No. 3 consists of three movements in slow lento and largo tempi and is played at low dynamic levels throughout. |
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The A minor key is well adhered to and the Un poco lento tempo is very intriguingly drawn out by Hogwood and his Danish orchestra who play this music to the manner born. |
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It implicitly recalls that harrowing time by its almost counterintuitive use of restrained harmonies and a tempo mark of lento, or slow — choices normally used to suggest sadness — in a setting intended to convey joy. |
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Yesterday, however, the double grand slam title-holder was faced with an opponent whose music was more lento than allegro, and several times it seemed Capriati's great run would be brought to a halt in only the third round. |
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There is some lively melody, an intense climax, and a quiet ending to the movement, which is marked Lento. |
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