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This piece does not follow the conventional form of a scherzo, but is constructed, instead, along the lines of sonata principle. However, it is a serially-organized sonata structure in which a conflict between the absence and presence of a key has replaced the traditional conflict between one key and another. This lends itself to metaphorical interpretation here as a conflict between humorous and sentimental moods. The formal outline of the scherzo is as follows: Introduction, Allegro non troppo; Exposition, Allegro commodo, beginning bar 10 (2nd theme, con molto sentimento, bar 40); Development beginning bar 63; Recapitulation beginning bar 113; Coda beginning bar 137.
First performed Middleton Hall, University of Hull (Bernie Cash, double bass; Derek Scott, Piano).