Ma Mere L’Oye for Wind Quintet (Ravel)
Movements
i Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant, ii Petit Poucet, iii Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes, iv Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête, v Le jardin féerique
Notes
Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) is a suite by French composer Maurice Ravel. The piece was originally written as a five-movement piano duet in 1910. In 1911, Ravel orchestrated the work.
Sleeping Beauty and Little Tom Thumb are based on the tales of Charles Perrault, while Little Ugly Girl, Empress of the Pagodas is inspired by a tale (The Green Serpent) by Perrault’s “rival” Madame d’Aulnoy. Beauty and the Beast is based upon the version by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. The origin of The Fairy Garden is not entirely known, although the ballet version interprets this as Sleeping Beauty being awakened in the garden by her prince.
