The minuet from Symphony No. 40 — a compact, hard-edged dance in minor with clipped string phrasing and an intense, almost stern tread, lightened by its contrasting trio section. The shortest movement of the symphony here, useful when a scene needs formal courtly motion with an undertow of unease.
Opening movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, a driving orchestral allegro built on restless strings and answering winds, urgent rather than aggressive. At nearly eight minutes it offers a full classical arc from the famous agitated opening figure to a firm minor-key close. Suits period drama, gathering-crisis sequences and any scene needing recognisable canonical urgency.