|
Duration: c. 8'
ORCHESTRATION: Narrator, 1111 111(Bass)0 1-2Perc Hp Strings
OCTET SCORING: Narrator, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Violin, Cello, Bass, Harp, Percussion
A traditional telling that highlights small-medium-large contrasts and
varying repetitions in the story; at the end Goldilocks apologizes for her
actions and cooks the bears' first-ever pancake breakfast.
DETAILS
COMMISSIONED (as an octet) by the Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association.
PREMIERED by the Minnesota Orchestra's Kinder Konzerts with 51 performances in 2000-2001, encored for 50 performances in 2006-07.
ORCHESTRAL PREMIERE by the Susquehanna Symphony conducted by Sheldon Bair, December 2001.
Subsequent performances include the Philadelphia Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, Parlance Chamber Concerts, and Rochester Philharmonic.
TEACHING/CURRICULUM USE: Serves as a story-based way to introduce
variations on recurring patterns, and to show the correlation between
small-medium-large and high-medium-low sounds.
AVAILABLE on rental from Theodore Presser Company; score available for sale.
RECORDED on Bridge Records (octet version) by Symphony In C conducted by Rossen Milanov, featuring
Ann Crumb as narrator.
YOUTUBE of the Bridge Records recording
ORCHESTRAL SCORE perusal available online (on the Score and Parts tab).
PROGRAM NOTES
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
was commissioned for the Minnesota Orchestra's Kinder Konzerts series, given 51 performances during the 2000-01
season, and encored for another 50 in 2006-07.
The octet version is scored for Flute, Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Violin, Cello,
Bass, Percussion, and Harp. The orchestral version uses winds by 1's.
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
follows the traditional story until the last scene. Rather than running away
from her misdeeds, Goldilocks apologizes to the bears, explaining that she was
lost, scared and hungry, and Goldilocks fixes the broken chair and cooks them
their first-ever pancake breakfast and they become friends.
GOLDILOCKS gives clear
demonstrations of low-middle-high contrasts, corresponding to large-middle-small
sizes of instruments and bears, allowing for pre-concert preparation and music
education objectives. The bears' themes are variations of each other (4/4
walking music with a Viennese feel), and are
clearly linked to specific instruments, allowing further education objectives,
while the Goldilocks theme is in a very feminine French-sounding 9/8.
|
|
