Dew soaked leaves shimmer in the morning sun upon a quiet garden, full of green and white: it’s the picture of calm and repose. But as you get closer, there is a hidden life and vivacity in the critters crawling about this peaceful scene. The two themes or repose and play come in contact in this ternary form work for orchestra. The peaceful A Theme is ushered in by the English horn until the irresistible energy of the contagious B Theme breaks through first in the clarinet, then bassoon, followed by the piccolo and strings.

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