• Year of composition: 1956
• Work category: Orchestral works in one movement
• First performed: 17 February 1957 in Swedish Radio, the Radio Orchestra conducted by Nikolai Malko
• Duration: 18 min

Instrumentation

2*.2.2.2 / 2.2.2.0 / timp, 1 perc / str
(picc)

Examples of printed editions

Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1958

Description of work

Theme: Alla marcia A minor 2/4
Variation 1: crotchet = ca 92 A minor 2/4
Variation 2: Allegro agitato A minor 6/8
Variation 3: Andante C minor 6/4
Variation 4: Allegretto scherzando A-flat major 2/4
Variation 5: Allegro molto A minor 2/4
Variation 6: Andante F minor 4/4
Variation 7: Allegro A minor 5/4
Variation 8: Andante espressivo D minor 3/4
Variation 9: Canone alla Quinta e Terza, Allegro ritmico e burlesco C minor 7/8
Variation 10: Canone alla Quarta, quaver = quaver, burlesco C minor 3/8
Variation 11: Alla marcia umoristica (Vivace) D minor 4/4
Variation 12: Lento E minor 3/4
Variation 13: Presto leggiero A minor 6/8, attacca
Variation 14: (Canone in contrario) C minor 6/8
Variation 15: Allegro ritmico A minor 3/4
Variation 16: Presto A minor 2/4