He examines it with great delight accompanied by harp and flute which now repeat his opening tune.
Jones's version was used as the opening tune for most of the seasons, only to be replaced by Dionne Warwick's cover in the last one.
Tchaikovsky gives the clarinet the task of "discovering" the opening tune.
"The opening tune is about how great the work of woman is," Ms. Swados said in a telephone interview.
A fugue offers chromatic contrast, and the movement is rounded off by a return of the opening tune on solo cello.
It is one of his most popular pieces and the opening tune is heard in many places, e.g. on mobile phones.
The first movement has this famous opening tune:
The opening tune of the series was composed by Nurit Hirsch.
However, during the period 1999-2004, a shorter version of the opening tune was used to close the programme.
In its third and final appearance the opening tune is decorated with trills in the upper register of the piano.