This composition's last movement features a descending idea in D at a slightly faster tempo than a descending idea in the tonic key, the latter of which is shared between the entire string section.
This composition's last movement features a descending idea in D at a slightly faster tempo than a descending idea in the tonic key, the latter of which is shared between the entire string section. Its third movement opens with the strings playing a moto perpetuo before two oboes enter playing the first instance of a theme that later takes on a quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth, quarter, quarter, eighth, half rhythm. That movement of this piece employs consecutive descending fourths from E to B in a fanfare motif that develops into an E major march theme. Many orchestras use a bass clarinet to play a descending four-note passage in its first movement, which opens with a low bassoon solo and features a loud crash at the beginning of the development section, immediately after a passage marked with six p's. Unusually, this symphony's final movement is marked adagio lamentoso, and its second movement is a 5/4 "limping waltz". For 10 points, name this final symphony by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
This composition's last movement features a descending idea in D at a slightly faster tempo than a descending idea in the tonic key, the latter of which is shared between the entire string section.
Pathetique Symphony in B Minor, Op. 74 [or Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.  6 or word forms like Tchaikovsky's Sixth; accept Tchaikovsky's Opus 74; "Tchaikovsky" is not needed after his name is read]