Lasting just under 40 minutes, the four movements contain the following notable features:
And the last movement contains also two folk melodies played by peasant violin players.
The movement was highly active in the mid-1990s, and at a peak in 1996 contained around 800 separate groups.
In addition to that, the first movement of the work contains various programmatic indications.
The work contains five movements, each of which is in a different language:
The third and fifth movements contain sung dialogue from the epic poem.
The third movement is three stanzas long and contains a positive response to the problem.
The second trio, in four movements, is slightly less intense, but the third movement contains some equally mysterious moments.
The first movement contains a reference to Symphony No. 45.
In both these cases, the following movement contains highly contrasting music.