Dante De Silva--composer, musician

Dante De Silva

composer, musician

Suite: Pandora

for Orchestra (2007) - 20'

I. Prelude
II. Waltz: Pandora and Epimetheus
III. The Temptation of Pandora
IV. Releasing the Plagues (MIDI excerpt)
V. Hope: The Final Plague
VI. Waltz II: Aftermath

Dedicated to my greatest nemesis and my greatest supporter, my sister, Christina De Silva

Program notes:

Based on the infamous story of Pandora's Box, Suite: Pandora is a six-movement dance suite based on the events of the story beginning with a Prelude. The second movement, Waltz: Pandora and Epimetheus is a jovial waltz showing the couple's blissful lvoe towards each other. Then, Pandora is seduced to the box in the third movement, The Temptation of Pandora. Chaos ensures during Releasing the Plagues only to be quieted by the sweet arrival of Hope: The Final Plague. Pandora and Epimetheus musst deal with new, painful feelings of betrayal in the final movement--Waltz II: Aftermath.

Instrumentation:

2 Flutes (1st doubles Piccolo)
2 Oboes (2nd doubles English Horn)
2 Clarinets in Bb
2 Bassoons

4 Horns in F
2 Trumpets in C
2 Trombones (2nd is Bass Trombone)
Tuba

Timpani
3 Percussion*

Harp

Strings [8, 8, 6, 5, 4 min.] containing:
     4 Solo Violin I
     4 Solo Violin II
     1 Solo Viola
     1 Solo Cello

*List of Percussion:

Percussion 1:
          Vibraphone
          Glockenspiel
             (shared with percussion 3)
          Chimes

Percussion 2:
          Tam-tam
          Bass drum
          Snare drum
          Castanets
          Vibraslap
          Triangle
          Suspended Cymbal
             (shared with percussion 3)
          Chinese Cymbal

Percussion 3:
          Tambourine
          Snare Drum
          Castanets
          Claves
          Slapstick
          Suspended Cymbal
             (shared with percussion 2)
          Glockenspiel
             (shared with percussion 1)