Poet and Peasant Overture

A brass chorale opens the introduction and leads to a poetic cello solo with harp. A dramatic string trill announces the fast music, and the transition begins. The first subject is a syncopated string melody that leaps down before climbing again. A second subject follows, and a waltz brings a tranquil mood (B). The fast music returns (A′), the waltz is reprised (B′), and in A″ the fast ideas gallop to the end.

1. 0:04Introduction
2. A: Transition