1. The Introduction is a playful dialogue between short, pointy motifs; here, the score says 'giocoso.' It is merely a play of intervals, with some melodic motifs, without having one theme in the foreground.
2. In the second part, a few typical waltz themes are developed. Through the beseeching rhythms and the chromatic movements with the unexpectedly 'untamed' notes, they feel a bit 'ominous.' This is not a carelessly whirling waltz; the dancers just cannot seem to find their 'divertimento' within the dance. Maybe the reason for that can be found in the next part:
3. In Café-Concert we hear a nostalgic melody, like that of a singer who sings about his unfulfilled love desires in a café.
4. The March is quite a strange combination of march and dance, now hopping, then running, the music almost overtaking itself. Again, there are some funny highlights: disorderly notes even make the march fall out of step a number of times.
5. The Finale is a true mixture of ideas and atmospheres from the previous parts: a march, some nostalgia, and a dance-like allusion culminate in light dizziness. But the hopping and dancing within the playful alternation of binary and ternary rhythms are kept until the end. All of these parts are 'divertimenti' with an unanticipated undertone.
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This note complIments of Yves Knockaert
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2. In the second part, a few typical waltz themes are developed. Through the beseeching rhythms and the chromatic movements with the unexpectedly 'untamed' notes, they feel a bit 'ominous.' This is not a carelessly whirling waltz; the dancers just cannot seem to find their 'divertimento' within the dance. Maybe the reason for that can be found in the next part:
3. In Café-Concert we hear a nostalgic melody, like that of a singer who sings about his unfulfilled love desires in a café.
4. The March is quite a strange combination of march and dance, now hopping, then running, the music almost overtaking itself. Again, there are some funny highlights: disorderly notes even make the march fall out of step a number of times.
5. The Finale is a true mixture of ideas and atmospheres from the previous parts: a march, some nostalgia, and a dance-like allusion culminate in light dizziness. But the hopping and dancing within the playful alternation of binary and ternary rhythms are kept until the end. All of these parts are 'divertimenti' with an unanticipated undertone.
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This note complIments of Yves Knockaert
Download: SYMPHONIC BRASS / THE MUSIC OF FRÉDÉRIC DEVREESE