| The first section is built on a machine-like ostinato in toccata form that travels from the violas to the first violins, and eventually to the entire orchestra. |
| He wrote a fine organ toccata for Simon Preston and a fine guitar concerto for John Williams. |
| The opening movement combines a brass fanfare with a Widorian toccata figure for its music argument. |
| The fourth and last variation is a toccata which gradually ties in again with the first elements of the introduction. |
| Beginning with a toccata for 12 car horns, the music constantly shifts its style and is never dull. |
| Understandably, the authorship of the toccata has long been a puzzle to musicologists. |
