This piece's final movement begins with the violins, violas, and cellos rapidly strumming a four-note theme, and transitions into a diatonic version of its chromatic opening theme.
This piece's final movement begins with the violins, violas, and cellos rapidly strumming a four-note theme, and transitions into a diatonic version of its chromatic opening theme. Its first movement consists of a fugue whose tone center is A, which is played symmetrically higher and lower on the circle of fifths until climaxing on E flat. Its third movement, an Adagio, includes timpani glissandos and begins with a xylophone solo whose rhythm is based on the Fibonacci numbers. That third movement, an example of its composer's eerie "night music," was used in the soundtrack for The Shining. This piece is scored for two antiphonal groups of strings placed on either side of a xylophone, a harp, a piano, drums, and the title instrument. For 10 points, name this orchestral work by Bela Bartok which omits woodwinds and brass.
This piece's final movement begins with the violins, violas, and cellos rapidly strumming a four-note theme, and transitions into a diatonic version of its chromatic opening theme.
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta [or Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste]