Genteel melodic riff over a pedal. Some excursion into minor keys always leading back to the warmth of D major. Recap introduces light hearted pizzicato accompaniment

Good-humoured and tuneful conversation between strings. Hints of Vivaldi and Bach, with a folksy feel.

Baroque ceremonial dance with instrumental question and answer in tuneful and elegant phrases. Fluid mid-section and decorated recap. Folksy closing chords remind you of Old England.

Mysterious song in a major key with occasional rich minor chords. Sustained strings in full harmony.

Busy, syncopated and humorous samba with a chatty fugue in the mid-section.

The world of Mozart and Jane Austen, guests moving quietly around an elegant rococo drawing room. Dactylic rhythm leads to a darker yet more fluid mid-section.

Slavonic song, melancholy but not tragic, played by solo violin with commentary from colleagues. Warm viola solo picks up the melody in the mid-section.

Chamber music evokes aristocratic life from the 17th century. Poised and infinite dialogue between two violins above a moving bass.

A sad clown sings, with poised passion, over a lightly plucked accompaniment.

Serious early-Romantic waltz with sustained mid-section.

Big-hearted German Baroque concerto grosso. Virtuoso solo violin leads seamlessly through several keys.