... a glimpse of the Firebird. Another one of Stravinsky's traits is that he works with sound, this section would be much easier for the string player to play across the strings, however to achieve the exact magical effect he wants it "Sul D". This use of sound is also seen in pantomime 2 where he asks the violins to play spiccato, also another very specific sound. In bar 16, beat 8, the mood becomes unearthly once again this could represent the magic Firebird disappearing. According to the BBC, in bar 8 the conversation between clarinets, bassoons and trumpets represents horses marching in time. As soon as we enter into the prelude and dance of the Firebird the country motion semi-quavers in the woodwind at figure 7 illustrates Ivan's pursuit of the Firebird. This is actually the original leitmotif returning retrograde and retrograde inverted. Stravinsky uses many chromatic, arpeggiac augmented 4th ...

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