Gyorgy Ligeti, Poeme Symphonique (1962)

Some lighter (?) fare for your Friday:


(A translation of the narration can be found here.)

Questions:

1. What is/are the primary musical element(s) in this piece?
   
2. Who is performing this work?
   
3. What instruments are being used? Is the metronome a musical instrument?
   
4. Which elements will be the same from performance to performance? Which elements will differ?
   
5. What might the score for this piece look like?
   

Additional resources:

• A translation of the score of this piece.
  
• Another performance of the work:
  
  Part 2: