The piccolo begins the fugue that ends this piece, in which woodwinds and strings play the fugue theme while the brass once again plays the tune, beginning with an ascending D minor arpeggio, from the incidental music to Abdelazar.
In one section of this piece, the basses speed up and play progressively higher before string tremolos and a gong hit signal a transition to a harp solo. In the penultimate portion of this composition, strings playing ascending chromatic lines are interrupted three times by whip cracks. The piccolo begins the fugue that ends this piece, in which woodwinds and strings play the fugue theme while the brass once again plays the tune, beginning with an ascending D minor arpeggio, from the incidental music to Abdelazar. This piece, commissioned for a documentary film, consists of a set of variations on a tune by Purcell. For 10 points, name this Benjamin Britten composition intended to demonstrate musical instruments to children.
In one section of this piece, the basses speed up and play progressively higher before string tremolos and a gong hit signal a transition to a harp solo.
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell [or A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell]