Saturday 17 July 2010
Tune of the Day: Introduzione
from Paganini's “Centone di sonate”, arranged for Flute and Guitar
This is the very first movement of Paganini's collection of salon pieces known as the Centone di sonate. This short but dramatic Introduction is marked “Larghetto”, but in spite of its tempo it has an overriding feeling of agitation.
The movement ends on a half cadence, which naturally leads to the following “Allegro maestoso”.