(1) Handel's Xerxes begins with a famous largo , u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Shade as it never wasu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb (Ombra mai fu), sung by the self-same King of Kings to his beloved: a plane tree.

(2) Now, the pianist will either feel daunted or liberated by the fact that Pru00d4u00f6u00a3u252cu00ablude no.4 bears no time signature: we are simply told largo , espressivo.

(3) The second movement, largo , is begun by the piano in a delicate shift away from the minor theme: the transition was handled adeptly by Goode, who set a perfect tempo for the burst of strings which enters upon his last bar.