The Little Matchgirl

The Little Matchgirlcomposer: Jeff Smallman duration: 40: 00 1. 1. 1. 1+bass cl. 2. 1. 1. 1 timp perc hp celeste 4. 4. 3. 2. 2 The Little Matchgirl was written as a ballet score, but works equally well in concert. Based on the story written by Hans Christian Andersen, this evocative work is very descriptive and moving. Written in ten scenes: Introduction In the Marketplace Grandmother's Death On the Streets Enter the Tyrant Village Dance Cold and Alone First Match:

This work is in three movements: Waltz

but is otherwise unchanged

It's since been edited to improve the orchestration and flow

Songbirds aren't the only birds that make their way through the park

Jeff Smallman - Composer · The Flight (from "Aspects of Elisabeth")

Pat and Emilia sing a duet

A large work in a single movement for string orchestra

each movement is for the full quintet:

A commissioned work describing moments in the journey and life of a young immigrant girl

Duration: 22:45

This transcription of the original string work "La Danza de la Noche" is filled with harmonic and melodic tension

and snow and ice particles drift across the point