The second movement has the remarkable peculiarity of being in the key of E major--a violent modulatoryrelation to that of the first movement.
Note, however, the very clever modulatory treatment of the leading idea in the first two pages, and the entrance of the lovely slow melody in D major near the end of the second page.
It abounds in modulatory changes and expresses, throughout, the note of mystical exaltation so prominent in Franck's nature.
In measure 13 there begins a long series of modulatory developments of the main theme--of a preludial nature--but not a mere prelude in the ordinary sense.
In measure 140 the development proper is resumed; based, at first, on some modulatory and imitative treatment of the first theme and followed by two ff sostenuto announcements of the jubilant second theme.
The Recapitulation begins at once after two modulatory chords, and though sufficient stress is laid on the first theme, there is so much development of previous material that it serves for both the customary second and third parts.
Some beautiful modulatory developments of the march theme, with which the original horn calls are united, lead to the impassioned theme in E major, sung by an English horn, which is the message of Orpheus to the sons of men, e.
The fabric is made up of effective changes, modulatoryand rhythmic, in the material from the first part.
After a return to the first theme, the second part is also repeated; this time with strikingmodulatory changes which strongly resemble the mood of Wotan's Farewell, in the third Act of Wagner's Valkyrie.
The Poem begins with soft, sustained calls on the horns, creating a mood of expectancy, interspersed with modulatory arpeggios on the harp serving to complete the legendary picture.
The old order was horrified at themodulatory harshness, the young sprigs of the new, fascinated and a little frightened.
I select for especial admiration this modulatory passage: [Musical score excerpt] And what could be more evocative of dramatic suspense than the sixteen bars before the mad, terrifying coda!
The return to earth is the signal for some strange modulatory tactics.
