One of the movements from Grieg's Peer Gynt suite is a favourite of circuses in the UK. I'll have to search it out, to discover which movement it is. A short phrase is played repeatedly at rapidly increasing tempo, till it's going at a dizzying speed - then brought to an abruptly halt by a violent clash of cymbals. That's the mement when the audience uncover their eyes to see if the trapeze artist has broken her neck.