I first heard this work as a student and even then it seemed that one day it would be exciting and challenging to explore this idea in a more extended way, though obviously the content, the musical motives would be very different to those of Schoenberg. The opening bars are sunny and bright, and soon a violin melody emerges, often accompanied by the horns. A softer lyrical section follows with an important solo for a pair of clarinets, later joined by solo cello. A reprise of the opening material leads to another lyrical section, this time for solo oboe. It's as if all that is left of reality is a memory.
Peripeteia is thus a kind of opera without words or specific plot.
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