![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the arrangement in this movement is less adept than on most others. The concertino’s slow movement would be the Yoda theme, whose lyric melody (from Strauss) and contrasting woodwind section (from Tchaikovsky) together make an effective andante cantabile. If you squint, it makes a great sonata-form. Mutter effortlessly switches between colors and techniques, and the movement is one of the catchiest on the album. In Rey’s theme, Mutter is immediately tasked with soloistic challenges that Williams has clearly enjoyed dreaming up: imitating the earthy sound of the flute’s low register for the opening “showdown” motif multi-octave arpeggios and double-stops with trills on one of the strings then imitating horn calls in thirds. The album opens with three tracks that essentially comprise a concertino - two Star Wars themes, Rey and Yoda, and the iconic “Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter. ![]()
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