The atmosphere is gloomy, foreshadowing more gloom to come and setting us up for the contrasting theme of dark and light.

Glinka begins with "Izza gor," then introduces Kamarinskaya as a contrasting theme.

The violin enters with a contrasting and rhapsodic theme, after which it repeats the oboe melody of the beginning.

A contrasting second theme is introduced by the soloists.

The opening theme is answered by a contrasting theme played by the winds, and this sequence is repeated.

Since musical development is a creative unfolding of the latent possibilities-rhythmic, melodic and harmonic-of contrasting themes, there was literally nothing to develop further.

A contrasting lyrical theme first appears in high strings and winds in B major.

In Classical sonata form, the second key was typically marked with a contrasting theme.

A contrasting theme is where the planned economy is planned and controlled by corporatist and fascist elements.

The contrasting theme of this movement feels as though it wants to go faster than the opening, but how much?