Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 (Artemis Quartet)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 (1847) Analysis below ↓ MVT I 0:00 - Introduction EXPOSITION 0:13 - Fragments of theme 1 0:31 - Theme 1, F minor 0:56 - Transition to theme 2 1:13 - Theme 2, Ab major 2:16 - DEVELOPMENT 2:35 - Fragments from theme 1 2:59 - Arrival in D major 3:28 - Chromatic harmonies leading into the recapitulation RECAPITULATION 3:53 - Theme 1, F minor 4:17 - Transition to theme 2 4:51 - Theme 2, F major 5:51 - Opening material reappears 6:36 - Coda - Presto MVT II 7:01 - Scherzo 8:55 - Trio 9:59 - Scherzo 10:55 - Coda using material from the Trio section MVT III 11:26 - Theme A, Ab major 12:39 - Transition to theme B 14:00 - Theme B, Eb major 14:39 - Theme A, Ab major 15:53 - Theme B, E major 17:24 - Theme B, Ab major 18:20 - Theme A, Ab major MVT IV EXPOSITION 19:22 - Theme 1, F minor 19:46 - Transition to theme 2 19:58 - Theme 2, Ab major, with imitation between instruments DEVELOPMENT 20:24 - All instruments alternate between playing tremolos and various permutations of theme 1 22:00 - A new motif is introduced 22:18 - Tremolos come back again building energy towards the recap RECAPITULATION 22:42 - Theme 1, F minor, this time with triplets in the first violin 22:58 - Theme 2, F minor 24:02 - Coda Performed by the Artemis Quartet.