Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

I. Introduction (street noises). The command of the hoodlums directed at the girl.

II. The girl's first inviting gestures (clarinet solo), in response to which the old gentleman appears, who gets thrown out in the end by the hoodlums.

III. The girl's second inviting gestures, upon which appears the young lad, who is also thrown out.

IV. The girl's third inviting gestures. The mandarin appears (tutti ff).ird decoy game.

V. The girl's seductive dance before the mandarin (at first slow, then increasingly faster Waltz).

VI. The mandarin catches up with the girl after an ever wilder chase.

I. Introduzione

II. Gioco delle coppie

III. Elegia

IV. Intermezzo interrotto

V. Finale