Jules Massenet
Meditation
Short instrumentation: 1 1 1 1 - 1 0 0 0, timp, hp, vln.II, vla, vc, cb
Duration: 5'
Bearbeitet von: Paolo Fradiani
Solos:
violin
Instrumentation details:
flute
oboe (+c.a)
clarinet in A
bassoon
horn in F
timpani
harp
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Meditation
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Work introduction
The Méditation is an instrumental entr'acte performed between the scenes of Act II in the opera Thaïs. In the first scene of Act II, Athanaël, a Cenobite monk, confronts Thaïs, a beautiful and hedonistic courtesan and devotée of Venus, and attempts to persuade her to leave her life of luxury and pleasure and find salvation through God. It is during a time of reflection following the encounter that the Méditation is played by the orchestra. In the second scene of Act II, following the Méditation, Thaïs tells Athanaël that she will follow him to the desert.
This version is instrumented for ensemble or chamber orchestra and has been performed, in the chamber orchestra version, by the Orchestra da Camera della Marsica in winter 2018.
What is necessary to perform this work?
Minimum instrumentation requirements:
1 Flute
1 Oboe (also Cor Anglais)
1 Clarinet in A
1 Bassoon
1 Horn in F
1 Harp (or Piano)
2 Violins
1 Viola
1 Violoncello
1 Doublebass