[ noun ] a fast movement (usually in triple time) <noun.communication>
Scherzo \Scher"zo\, n. [It.] (Mus.) A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.
TT lacks the gift of his master, Leonard Bernstein for drawing 'natural' playing from his orchestra; they sounded thoroughly practised, hardly ever spontaneous. Yet the Scherzo was dazzling, kaleidoscopic.
In the opening pieces - C minor Nocturne, B minor Scherzo, A flat Ballade - there were constant smudges and fluffs; and to add to these, in the closing Op.
Chiefly on the stringed instruments - I was astonished that he tolerated the horns' and timpani's smudgy dotted-triplets when he had demanded such sharp precision from his strings; yet the Scherzo was a model of urgency.