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Nymphs and Satyr, balletYear: 1979
- 1.Prelude II. Fantasy for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
- 3.Scherzo for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra
- 4.Epilog
One of Hanson's last works, this very short ballet suite was written
for the Chautauqua Ballet in 1979. The orchestration excludes flutes
and oboes, and the brass are reduced to 2 trumpets and 2 horns. The
ballet comprises three sections played without a break. The Prelude
and Fantasy is a pastoral tone poem, in which happiness and longing
are deeply intertwined. The Scherzo is based on a happy, catchy tune.
The Epilogue opens like the beginning of the Prelude, but the
intensity diminishes and the atmosphere becomes introspective,
tapering off to the quiet ending.
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