Mother Goose Suite – Ma Mere L’Oye – Five Children’s Pieces

Ravel originally wrote Ma mère l'Oye as a piano duet for the Godebski children, Mimi and Jean, ages 6 and 7. Ravel dedicated this work for four hands to the children.

1. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant: Lent (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty)
2. Petit Poucet: Très modéré (Little Tom Thumb / Hop-o'-My-Thumb)
3. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes: Mouvt de marche (Little Ugly Girl, Empress of the Pagodas)
4. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête: Mouvt de valse très modéré (Conversation of Beauty and the Beast)
5. Le jardin féerique: Lent et grave (The Fairy Garden)

For 11 piece brass ensemble 423.11 / perc

• Trumpet 1 in E♭
• Piccolo Trumpet 2 in B♭
• Trumpet in 3 in B♭
• Flugelhorn
• 2 Horns in F
• 2 Tenor Trombones
• Bass Trombone
• Euphonium
• Tuba
• Percussion 1 (Timpani, Cymbal, Xylophone, Vibraphone) 
• Percussion 2 (Triangle, Suspended cymbal, Bass drum, Gong)

This arrangement is part of our Boulder Brass Signature Series.