Frédéric Chopin wrote six works for piano and orchestra, including two concertos.
[1] The Fantasy followed the highly successful Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op.
[2][3] The orchestration calls for flutes, oboes, clarinets (in A), bassoons, horns (in A), trumpets (in D), timpani (A and E), piano and strings.
The next section is based on "Już miesiąc zaszedł psy się uśpiły (A month has passed, the dogs slept)."
This popular Polish folk song was sung to words from Franciszek Karpiński's idyll "Laura i Filon".
This section features a melody in the style of a dumka or possibly based on a Ukrainian duple-time round dance or kolomyjka, from an opera by Chopin's compatriot and friend Karol Kurpiński.
The piece is rounded out with a lively Kujawiak, "Jedzie Jasio od Torunia (Johnny Goes from Torun)".