| While serious in subject and sad in fact, the play is written with brio and excellent humour. |
| Here, an introductory Andante maestoso in C minor and three-four time leads into a fluent Allegro con brio in two-four time. |
| His presiding inspirations are Vuillard and Bonnard, masters of the domestic interior, to which he adds a dash of Abstract Expressionist brio. |
| Not for nothing do they call Munich the most northerly Italian town, all brio, baroque and bragadoccio. |
| The first movement is described as allegro con brio and I would have preferred more con brio. |
| It begins with a short, tentative introduction of Bohemian wistfulness before launching on a vigorous sonata-form Allegro con brio. |
