Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

The imposing orchestral Introduction (Moderato) opens the piece. The violin then enters more quietly in section A with a free, improvisation-like Lento built from pairs of four-bar phrases, with difficult runs and flying bow strokes. Section B follows. From section C the music moves on through the later sections: a muted violin singing a melancholy tune in a reversed dotted rhythm, then the extremely fast Allegro molto vivace, with long spiccato runs, double stops, harmonics and left-hand pizzicato.

1. 0:03Introduction
2. A