00:00 The work begins with a unison statement of the theme by the entire orchestra, notice the percussion instruments, xylophone. Fig. 1
00:10 Fig. 2
00:41 First the woodwinds state the theme. Fig. x
01:11 Next the brass, the lower brass instruments enter first. 
01:42 The strings take their turn. 
02:07 The last section is the percussion, notice that the timpani are tuned to the first three notes of the theme. 
02:25 The theme is stated a fifth time by the entire orchestra. Fig. 1
02:30 Fig. 2
02:50 The variations follow featuring sections and solo instruments. See if you can identify each instrument with every new variation. Notice the many colors available in the percussion section. Fig. x
03:00 Variation 1--flutes and piccolo play a very active melody while the harp supplies low notes.
03:27 Variation 2--oboes play a slower melodic line, strings accompany.
04:32 Variation 3--clarinets play a melody build on arpeggios, bass notes come from the tuba creating a march-like texture.
05:15 Variation 4--bassoons enter with aggressive chords supplied by the string section.
06:12 Variation 5--violins, brass accompany, this variation ends with the violins plucking the strings (pizzicato).
06:57 Variation 6--violas play a slower melody, bassoons help feed the texture.
07:45 Variation 7--cellos, soft clarinet and harp accompaniment.
08:43 Variation 8--string basses, shaker bells and woodwinds accompany.
09:41 Variation 9--harp, strings repeatedly bow the same note creating an intense but soft accompaniment.
10:31 Variation 10--French horns enter in chords echoed by the orchestra, they separate melodically in a brief overlapping idea.
11:13 Variation 11--trumpets, snare drum plays a cadence giving the theme a galloping sound.
11:47 Variation 12--trombones and tuba play a slow rich melody, bassoons end the variation.
12:48 Variation 13--percussion instruments conclude the section of variations. 
13:17 Tambourine, triange, snare drum, Chinese block.
13:38 Xylophone.
13:50 Castanets and gong.
14:03 Whip.
14:08 The entire percussion section. The fugue follows; each instrument enters again, this time playing the subject. The instruments appear in the same order as heard in the variations. 
14:44 The subject of the fugue is first stated by the piccolo. Fig. 3
14:49 Next by the flutes and overlap the piccolo.
14:55 The oboes.
15:03 The crflarinets.
15:12 The bassoons, the texture thickens as all the woodwinds continue to play. Fig. x
15:23 The first violins enter and are followed immediately by the second violins.
15:30 The violas enter and are soon followed by the cellos and finally the string basses.
15:51 The harp plays the subject.
16:02 The French horns are the first brass instruments to state the subject of the fugue.
16:08 The trumpets are next.
16:16 The low brass, first the trombones then the tuba follows.
16:22 The percussion section makes the last statement of the subject. Following the percussion section, the theme by Purcell is played by the entire orchestra climaxed by the return of the percussion. 
16:31 The theme is played slowly by the brass section while the strings and woodwinds continue to spin out material from the fugue subject. Fig. 4
16:43 Fig. 5
17:02 The percussion instruments enter forcefully. Fig. x
17:15 A final chord ends the work. On subsequent listenings notice the various combinations of the instruments and how they interact to build interesting textures.
17:23 End.
