Britten Simple Symphony, Op.4 - II. Playful Pizzicato

 

Try Bartok's String Quartet #4, 4th movement.

"The second scherzo is entirely pizzicato, and the dissonant harmonies are relaxed. A modal theme, again related to the second, scalar "cell" and its more consonant accompaniment, is treated in a subtly burlesque manner. There is the suggestion of Arabian music in the sinuous nature of the theme, as well as the drumming and strumming effects in the accompaniments, liberally punctuated by the snapping "Bartók" pizzicato."

 

Ravel’s string quartet has a second movement with pizzicato scherzo sections around tre trio.

 

There's the PIZZICATO sections of Stockhausen's Mixtur

 

 

Adagio from Bruckner's 4 has extended pizzicato parts

 

The scherzo of Bruckner's 9th also.

 

Unsuk Chin's Violin Concerto from 2001, which the late Alan Rich called "the first masterpiece of the new century", makes extensive use of pizzicato passages in the third movement (scherzo). It begins here at 17:29.

 

The second movement of Debussy's string quartet also prominently features pizzicato. It's really a remarkable piece.

 

I'm looking for a movement like the Scherzo of the 4th symphony by Tchaikovsky, mostly because I am curious if there are any other well-known examples of a movement that is mostly, or large portions of pizzicato parts. So what's out there besides this one?

The 3rd mov. of the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 has a number of pizzicato passages.