picc.2.2.2.B-clar.3.dble bsn(db-sarr) – 4.2.2.3 – timp.perc.glsp – harp – str

Notorious Broomstick

One of program music’s most important work: Its 32-year-old composer Paul Dukas called his best-known orchestral work “Scherzo after a Ballade by Goethe.” The colorful orchestration of the ten-minute piece draws the listener down into the depths of Goethe’s ballade: A tale of obedience and disobedience, of attempts at concealment, of destruction, but also of benevolence, clemency, and wis...