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Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo — Allegro moderato

Tchaikovsky intended the first movement to be an imitation of Mozart's style, and it was based on the form of the classical sonatina, with a slow introduction.^[2] The stirring 36-bar Andante introduction is marked "sempre marcatissimo" and littered with double-stopping in the violins and violas, forming towering chordal structures.

Then, the allegro moderato arrives.

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This section is characterized by numerous dancing passages by the upper strings and cellos. Then, a darker section of the piece comes, with the violins playing in a minor key and the cellos playing a complicated and exposed passage.

Suddenly, the beginning section of the allegro moderato is restated, this time with the rests being replaced by an ascending passage played by the seconds and violas. The piece then transitions into a part where a fast 16th note phrase is passed around across the upper strings