🇫🇷 Mel Bonis: Suite en Forme de Valses

Описание: We know we love the music of Mel Bonis. And we know that she crafted great dances. So how great is it that we have a suite of five waltzes that we can enjoy with a friend? Or with a clone of ourselves 😀.

1. Ballabile

The ballabile is a dance performed by corps de ballet or by an opera chorus, typically in the final number.

2. Valse Lente

The waltz is a fast dance. So fast that even a slow waltz is pretty fast.

3. Danse Sacrée

Bonis here gives us a slow, stately dance in the super-bright key of F# major. Not sure what makes it sacred; hymns typically are in the key of F, never F#. The accompaniment, whether in secondo or primo part, has a pious quality to it, always looking upward for inspiration.

4. Scherzo-Valse

Relentlessly playful, this one is equal parts scherzo and waltz. Sometimes the scherzo-ness takes over to the point where the dancers will trip over each other.

5. Introduction et Bacchanale

A bacchanal is an occasion of wild and drunken frenzy, as enjoyed by the wine god Bacchus. This one gets pretty wild, yes, after a rather solemn preamble that does little to set us up for the mayhem that follows.

Image of waltzing couple by pixelia from Pixabay.
https://pixabay.com/users/pixelia-756...

00:00 - 1. Ballabile
02:12 - 2. Valse Lente
04:33 - 3. Danse Sacrée
07:49 - 4. Scherzo-Valse
10:15 - 5. Interlude et Bacchanale