<Li> Adagio cantabile--Allegro vivace . </Li> <P> The first movement opens with an expansive melody in the cello alone, as follows: </P> <P> The piano then plays a cadenza - like flourish, which leads into a repetition of the opening theme, this time played in octaves by the piano . A bridge passage follows, leading to a second theme, which is also repeated . The development gives greater emphasis to the first theme . The movement is in sonata form . </P> <P> The scherzo which follows is in the tonic minor, A minor, and makes prominent use of off - beat accents . The trio is in the major and is heard twice . </P>

Beethoven sonata for cello and piano in a major