The fifth movement represents scenery from Trilby, a Julius Gerber ballet.
An interlude between the fourth and fifth movements of this work is a ten-minute, D minor versionof a theme heard throughout the work alternating in 5/4, 6/4, and 7/4 time. The choppy tempo of its first movement depicts the running of a gnome. The fifth movement represents scenery from Trilby, a Julius Gerber ballet. A saxophone plays in 6/8 time accompanied by bass, representing a troubadour. Frequently interspersed with (*) promenades, this work depicts such things as an "Old Castle," children at play in the Tuilerie gardens, a quarrel between two women at the Limoges market, and a witch flying away on a mortar from herhut, which stands on fowl's legs. A baptismal hymn is found in the final movement, a two-part rondo depicting a Ukrainian structureÂ—the "Great Gate of Kiev." Orchestrated by Ravel, for 10 points, name this Modest Mussorgsky piano suite inspired by some Viktor Hartmann sketches.
An interlude between the fourth and fifth movements of this work is a ten-minute, D minor versionof a theme heard throughout the work alternating in 5/4, 6/4, and 7/4 time.
Pictures at an Exhibition [or Kartinki s vystavki]