Yet the journey from IMSLP download to concert stage is brutal. Conductors are rarely used; the five players must internalize Ligeti’s "meccanico" rhythm (machine-like, but slightly unhinged). Rehearsals of No. 4 often devolve into laughter or shouting—sometimes both.
Dedicated to Béla Bartók; begins as a haunting, spare folksong. Molto vivace 11 Pitches ligeti 6 bagatelles for wind quintet imslp