Make an outline comparison of the exposition and the recapitulation,showing how Mozart adapts his material when it returns in the recapitulation. The Piano Concerto begins with an eight bar opening phrase

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Make an outline comparison of the exposition and the recapitulation,

showing how Mozart adapts his material when it returns in the recapitulation.

The Piano Concerto begins with an eight bar opening phrase by the string section in a homophonic style with the first Violin on melody, second Violin along with Viola providing the harmony and the Cello with a tonic pedal on A; closing the phrase on the dominant. This is then followed by an answering phrase, one octave higher, by the woodwind. This structure of balanced phrasing, known as periodic phrasing, is a typical characteristic of the classical style; with an "antecedent", by the string section; followed by a "consequent", here provided by the woodwind.

Following this phrase, Mozart avoids the usual predictability of periodic phrasing by repeating the cadence in bars 15-16 with the inclusion of added decoration. At bar 18, we also have the first tutti of the work, with all the orchestral parts playing. The proceeding phrase also overlaps from bar 18, again avoiding the predictability that was common of the Viennese Classical style.

The opening of the exposition of this work contains many features, which are so typical of the classical