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        • Richard Mills

        • Snugglepot & Cuddlepie (1988)

        • Wise Music G. Schirmer Australia Pty Ltd (World)

        Ballet in one act after May Gibbs.

        • 2.picc.2.corA.3(I=Ebcl,III=bcl).3(III=cbn) - 4.3(I=picctpt)3.1 - timp(=perc).perc(3) - harp - pno(=cel) - strings
        • 45 min

        Programme Note

        Ballet for children based on May Gibbs. book The Complete adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, inspired by animals and plants of Australia.

         

        1.       Prelude and Narration

        1a.  Wake-ups and Blossom Shower

        2.       Blossom Dance

        3.       Pas de deux: Snugglepot and Cuddlepie

        4.       Ragged Blossom’s Solo

        5.       Capture Dance

        5a.  Snugglepot’s Solo

        6.       Mrs Kookaburra: Prelude and Dance

        7.       Mr Lizard; Entrance; Dance; Gumnut Instruction

        8.       War March of the Gumnuts

        9.       Gloating Dance of the Banksias

        9a.  Gumnut Entry and Fight Dance

        10.    Mrs Snake’s Solo and Death Fight

        11.    Front Cloth Scene

        11a. Snugglepot’s Decision

        11b. Lizard and Cuddlepie are Sad

        12.   Transformation Music and Fish Dance

        12a. Pantomime with Banksia Man

        14.  Obelia’s Solo

        15.  Rejoicing by All

        15a. Obelia’s Blessing

        16.  Pas de deux: John Dory, Ann Chovy

        17.  Front Cloth Scene

        18.  Finale

         

         

         

         

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        Reviews

        It is eclectic for sure, but always tastefully done and free form vulgarity, and - above all - superbly scored by a master orchestrator with a deep 'from inside' knowledge of the orchestra's way of working - Mills was trained as a professional percussionist. This is a lovely ballet score that should appeal to anyone responding, say, to Prokofiev's ballet scores.

        Hubert Culot, MusicWeb International
        5th July 2005

        Discography

        Snugglepot & Cuddlepie

        Snugglepot & Cuddlepie
        • Label
          ABC Classics
        • Catalogue Number
          4810220
        • Conductor
          Richard Mills
        • Ensemble
          Queensland Symphony Orchestra
        • Released
          2013

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