2011 Belvedere Chamber Music Festival, Memphis, TN, June 22-25, 2011
Program Notes
I. Breaking the Surface (The Dolphins' Dance)
II. The Dance Lesson
III. The Tritons' Dance
Dances of the Sea expresses my enthusiastic appreciation for the impressionists.
In Braking the Surface, three lively dolphins play with the sea waves.
Meanwhile, deep in the sea, the tutor teaches the little mermaid the classical Dance Lesson. Soon though, at the dolphins' call, the little mermaid's playfulness overwhelms the tutor's formal instruction.
Later, elsewhere in the sea, the curious dolphins mingle with the tritons performing their vigorous Tritons' Dance.
April 2011
Live performance also available on the Videos page.