Piano concerto No.2 - II Mov. Allegro appassionato

Johannes Brahms:Piano concrto No.2 in B flat major op.83 III.Andante Paavo Järvi - conductor Elisabeth Leonskaja - piano Tel Aviv 2001 Allegro appassionato This scherzo is in the key of D Minor and is in ternary form. Contrary to Brahms's "tiny wisp of a scherzo" remark, it is a tumultuous movement. The piano and orchestra introduce the theme and develop it before a quiet section intervenes. Soon afterwards the piano and orchestra launch into a stormy development of the theme before coming to the central episode (in D major). The central episode is brisk and begins with the full orchestra before yet another quiet section intervenes; then the piano is integrated into the orchestral effect to repeat the theme of the central episode. The beginning section returns but is highly varied.