«The People United will never be Defeated!» for piano (1975)

Theme with determination
Var.1. Weaving: delicate but firm
Var.2. With firmness
Var.3. Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
Var.4. Marcato
Var.5. Dreamlike, frozen
Var.6. Same tempo as beginning
Var.7. Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)
Var.8. With agility; not too much pedal; crisp
Var.9. Evenly
 [bad word]  recklessly
Var.11. Tempo I. Like fragments of an absent melody - in strict time
Var.12, 13
Var.14. bit faster, optimistically
Var.15. Flexible, like an improvisation
Var.16. Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations; much pedal
Var.17. freely, roughly as in space
Var.18
Var.19. With energy
Var.20. Crisp, precise
Var.21. Relentless, [bad word] 
Var.22
Var.23. As fast as possible, with [bad word] 
Var.24
Var.25. With fluctuations
Var.26. In a militant manner
Var.27. Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression
Var.28-36
Cadenza (optional improvisation)
Thema

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
London, Henry Wood Hall, August 1998