Lament with imitation of Balalaika A group of Cossack musicians on holiday in Amlach are driving through the wood on hourses and carts. Right at the beginning in the Allegro agitato you can hear the horses in pizzicato, followed by the transition in the Largamente to the Lament in A-minor. At first the violin plays solo, in the repeat the imitation of a Balalaika. Maestoso religioso Choral in G-minor at a memorial service in the Amlach church. Largamente Leaving the church the congregartion is being surprised by a thunderstorm in the Amlach wood.
Dark clouds appear, lightening flashes and the storm is moving the trees of the wood.
When the storm abates the people are calmed again with the pleasant melodies of the Largamente. Again lightening flashes, thunder rolls and this leads to the 6th movement. Largamente A Finale in Presto, hail is setting in and you can hear its rattling short notes. The thunderstorm in Largamente is followed by a pizzicato, the main theme with the accords in the solo violin, which continues the melody in tonal and atonal harmonies. The echo of the tolling of the Amlach church bells is being heard, fading slowly in septaccords.