Anitra's Dance (Grieg)

This sprightly dance from Grieg's Peer Gynt features the flute section. Utilizing grace notes and trills, for concert performance, all available flute players may stand at the front of the stage for a little showing off!

Genre: Solo Flute with Band | # of Players: Standard + 1
Level: 3 | Duration: 3:00

Instrumentation
Flute 1-2
Oboe
Bb Clarinet 1-3
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Alto Saxophone 1-2
Bb Tenor Saxpophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone

Trumpet 1-2
Horn in F 1-2
Trombone 1-2
Euphonium
Baritone TC
Tuba

String Bass

Triangle

Program Notes
Altogether, Grieg wrote 22 pieces as incidental music for his fellow countryman Henrik Ibsen's great Norwegian verse drama, Peer Gynt. Anitra's Dance is one of them. The setting is an Arab tent near an oasis in Egypt. Anitra is a dancer who Peer Gynt has become very attracted to.