Path 24
Music of the nations
Folk songs, dances and landscapes, from Liszt's Hungary to Márquez's Mexico.
Liszt → Smetana → Grieg → Albéniz → Dvořák → Sibelius → Elgar → Williams → Janáček → Villa-Lobos → Rodrigo → Márquez
Sinfonietta
This guide follows Janáček’s Sinfonietta (1926) in five parts: Allegretto (Fanfare), Andante (Hrad / The Castle), Moderato (Královnin klášter / The Queen's Monastery) (theme and variations), Allegretto (Ulice / The Street) (theme and variations) and Andante con moto (Radnice / The Town Hall).
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Follow all 31 sections as they play
- I ()
- II (Hrad / The Castle)
- III (Královnin klášter / The Queen's Monastery)
- IV (Ulice / The Street)
- V (Radnice / The Town Hall)
I ()0:02–2:07
A for brass and percussion alone, with no strings or woodwinds. The extra trumpets and tenor tubas give it a bold, heroic sound. Its opening (A) is the idea from which later movements grow. Contrasting ideas follow (B and C), and the last of them in altered form (C′).
- A
- B
II (Hrad / The Castle)2:14–7:51
V (Radnice / The Town Hall)16:33–23:16
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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