<P> A test for even the most accomplished clarinetist, with an extremely slow tempo marking quaver (eighth note) = 44 . </P> <P> IV . "Interlude", for violin, cello, and clarinet . </P> <P> Scherzo, of a more individual character than the other movements, but linked to them nevertheless by certain melodic recollections . </P> <P> V. "Praise to the eternity of Jesus", for cello and piano . </P>

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