This lovely, impressionist-flavored composition was written to be used as the yearly examination piece for flute students at the Paris Conservatory, where Sancan taught as head of the piano faculty. The form of the work is more or less traditional, consisting of three brief, contrasting sections. The first of these opens in a flowing triplet rhythm with Debussyan harmonies. Dramatic arpeggios and gestures from the pianist introduce the second section, the mood then changing to a gently romantic feeling like that typically depicting woodland imagery. A brief cadenza-like passage for the flute leads back to the initial section, now rushing with urgency, the piece climaxing with decisive punctuation.

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