2) is a three movement piece written for chamber orchestra, consisting of flute, English horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and double bass.
[3] Despite slightly disconcerting polytonality, the three movements of the piece maintain traditional pastoral ambience, evoking images of nature through the various topoi (ideas symbolically suggested by the sounds of various instruments).
Played separately, the soaring melodies of the flute and the English horn are typical of the romantic period but are contrasted with the aggressive double bass line.
An English horn solo opens the piece, playing over a smooth bassoon part and muted strings which bring to mind a babbling brook.
The flute enters to rhythmically support (and harmonically oppose) the other woodwinds, all while the strings’ rhythms are augmented, turning simple arpeggio patterns into textural body.