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In his 4th piano concerto, Beethoven manages to make a tonic G Major chord feel unstable and unresolved. In this video I analyse the harmonic and motivic forces he employs to achieve this effect, and how this moment ultimately affects the structure and form of the entire movement.

0:00 Intro
0:34 Elements to remember
5:03 Analysis
7:24 Structural consequences

Examples performed by Paul Lewis with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek.