Word: whirr
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...remaining numbers by the orchestra were the Symphonic Poem "Le Rouet D'Omphale," Saint-Saens and Schumann's 4th Symphony in D minor. The first of these represents very graphically the action of a spinning wheel, commencing with the slow whirr and gradually accelerated motion and then ending with a faint high note. The Symphony, written about fifty years ago, is a passionate work, full of poetry and nature. Mr. Nikisch's conception of this and all the rest of the numbers was masterly and the whole concert well served to carry the series off to the past, gone...