Jean-René Françaix, a neoclassical composer of unpretentional music for Sacha Guitry movies and an admirer of Ravel belonged to notably French composers. This means that it is easy to find texture clarity, lightness of lines and brilliant orchestration in his creative activity, for example in Six Preludes (1963).

Alongside Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream the String Octet is the most outstanding composition that comes from Mendelssohn’s early years. Goethe proclaimed the composer the prodigy child of all times, giving Mozart only just the second place.

Festina lente (1988, latin: slow and steady win the race) by Arvo Pärt is an effort to reflect the beginnings of Christianity with music. The composition perfectly envisions the though of this Estonian, as his work is described as "new simplicity, new asceticism and new spirituality" (Schaeffer). Héctor Parra is a professor of electroacoustic composing in Saragossa and Barcelona. Fibrillian, which he created, was bespoken by the Leopoldinum orchestra. The first performance took place during Warsaw Autumn last year.

Occasional, light divertimentos (serenades, nocturnes) were very popular in XVIII century. Divertimento KV 138 (1772), which reminds of an Italian overture, comes from the time Mozart stayed in Salzburg and comprises some Joseph Haydn influences.

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