Sextet for Piano and Winds, FP 100
This guide follows Poulenc’s Sextet for Piano and Winds, FP 100 (1932) in three parts: Allegro vivace, Divertissement. Andantino and Finale. Prestissimo.
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Follow all 20 sections as they play
- I
- II.
- III.
I0:05–7:49
Rising scales in the oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano launch the music in the . A is an energetic, jazz-tinged section with rhythms. B and a lead back to A; another prepares the . Then the music suddenly drops to nearly half speed for the lyrical C section, where a bassoon melody is taken up by the other winds. The first with A, and the is marked 'Emporté et ' (impetuous and very rhythmic).
- A
II. 8:13–12:59
III. 13:20–19:04
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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