A ballet by
John Craton
Synopsis
After being read bedtime stories by her mother, a young girl goes to sleep and dreams about encounters with various personages she heard about in Mother’s stories. After a series of these encounters, all characters reappear in her bedroom and signal to one another the importance of being quiet so that the young girl may sleep.
Scored for full orchestra: flute, shepherd’s pipe, D-flat piccolo, oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns in F, C trumpet, tenor trombone, bass trombone, tuba, harp, strings (incl. solo violin), and percussion (timpani, bass drum, tenor drum, snare drum, tambourine, triangle, gong, whip, temple blocks, orchestral bells, chimes, xylophone, vibraphone) mp3 files (Sibelius playback)
Introduction
Red Riding Hood
Little Bo Peep Sleeping Beauty
Jack and Jill
Cat and the Fiddle
Cinderella
Puss in Boots
Little Miss Muffet
Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe & Finale
Copyright © 2016 by John Craton (ASCAP)
Instrumentation
Total length: approximately 29 minutes. Score and parts are available on request. Please contact the composer for more information.
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