Five Pieces for Orchestra

The Five Pieces for Orchestra (Fünf Orchesterstücke), Op. 16, were composed by Arnold Schoenberg in 1909. The titles of the pieces, reluctantly added by the composer after the work's completion upon the request of his publisher, are as follows:

1. "Vorgefühle", Sehr rasch ("Premonitions", very fast)
2. "Vergangenes", Mäßige Viertel ("The Past", moderate)
3. "Farben", Mäßige Viertel ("Summer Morning by a Lake: Chord-Colors", moderate)
4. "Peripetie", Sehr rasch ("Peripetia", very fast)
5. "Das obligate Rezitativ", Bewegte Achtel ("The Obbligato Recitative", with movement).