When I was younger I played a cello solo of Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo. It was almost 4 minutes in length and filled, at most, half a music sheet (~8 bars)

When I was younger I played a cello solo of Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo. It was almost 4 minutes in length and filled, at most, half a music sheet (~8 bars). Graphically the music wasn't complex, but it was all the little details (soft, loud, fast, slow, extremely long holds) that made it interesting. Just looking at it you wouldn't be able to make sense of it. Only through playing it would the timing and pattern emerge.