Four Dances for Two for Oboe and Violin
I. Rococo Promenade
II. Afternoon Divertimento
III. Get Reel
IV. Holiday Glide
I. Rococo Promenade - Excerpt
III. Get Reel Excerpt
Rococo Promenade is based on the Baroque French overture style with a galloping fugal middle section before a return to the jaggedly dotted style of the beginning.
Afternoon Divertimento alternates a calm, lullaby-like mood with bursts of frenzied energy typical of a weekend afternoon.
Get Reel portrays a whimsically reeling, roiling, reel (really!) with rapid and smoothly flowing figures.
Holiday Glide features clockwork precision interpolated with slides and glides and glissandi.