![]() ![]() The piece is between 10 and 15 minutes in length. ![]() Arethusa, "who, flying from the love of Alpheus the river god, was turned into a fountain.".Narcissus, "who fell in love with his own image and became a flower.".Bacchus, "at whose feasts is heard the noise of gaggling women's tattling tongues and shouting out of boys.".Niobe, "who, lamenting the death of her fourteen children, was turned into a mountain.".Phaeton, "who rode upon the chariot of the sun for one day and was hurled into the river Padus by a thunderbolt.".Pan, "who played upon the reed pipe which was Syrinx, his beloved.".Structure Įach of the six sections is based on a character from Roman mythology who is briefly described: It is dedicated to oboist Joy Boughton, daughter of Benjamin Britten's friend and fellow composer Rutland Boughton, who gave the first performance at the Aldeburgh Festival on 14 June 1951. The piece was inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses. ![]()
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