Sonata, Symphony & Concerto

A pack unpacking the one plan behind music's three biggest multi-movement forms — sonata form itself, then the symphony, the concerto and the sonata in turn, and how the whole scheme changed from Haydn to Mahler.

What's inside

• The three genres at a glance — symphony, concerto and sonata compared by forces and movement plan
• Sonata form, the shape almost every first movement uses
• The symphony, movement by movement
• The concerto — the double exposition, the cadenza, and what a soloist changes
• The sonata and its chamber-music relatives, how the plan changed over 150 years, and eleven works for suggested listening