Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43: Act I
1. Introduction -
2. Youths and maidens at play -
3. Labyrinthine dance -
4. Bacchus appears disguised - The dance is interrupted -
5. Bacchus envelops Ariadne in his black cloak - Ariadne faints -
6. Theseus and his companions rush at Bacchus - He reveals himself to them and with an imperious gesture shows them the way to the sea -
7. The clouds gather in the sky -
8. The sub reappears -
9. Bacchus Dance -
10. Ariadne, still asleep, dances with Bacchus -
11. Bacchus lays Ariadne on the rock
Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43: Act II
12. Prelude: Ariadne sleeps -
13. Ariadne awakes - She looks about her and believing she has been abandoned, tries to throw herself into the waves -
14. She falls into the arms of Bacchus - They relive their dream dance, Ariadne now awake
15. Bacchus dances alone -
16. The kiss -
17. The Dionysian spell -
18. The worshippers of Bacchus process -
19. Dance of Ariadne -
20. Dance of Ariadne and Bacchus -
21. Bacchanale -
22. The coronation of Ariadne
Le festin de l'araignee, Op. 17 (arr. R. Dubinsky)
23. Prelude -
24. A garden - The spider sits in her web - She surveys her surroundings -
25. Entrance of the ants - They find a rose petal -
26. With great effort they lift the petal and carry it away -
27. The spider daydreams and watches the garden -
28. The spider mends her web -
29. Entrance of the dung beetles
30. The ants return … a butterfly appears -
31. Dance of the butterfly -
32. The spider invites the butterfly to dance closer to her web -
33. The butterfly is caught in the web and struggles - Death of the butterfly -
34. The spider rejoices - The spider frees the butterfly from her web and takes it to her larder -
35. The spider dances -
36. Suddenly fruits come crashing down -
37. Entrace of the fruit worms -
38. Warlike entrance of 2 praying mantises -
39. The ants circle -
40. The mantises challenge each other to a duel - The mantises fight -
41. The mantises become caught in the web - The spider dances -
42. Hatching of the mayfly -
43. The dance of the mayfly -
44. The mayfly stops, exhausted - The insects pay their respects - He rejects their advances -
45. The ants leave -
46. The works come out of the fruit -
47. Dance of the mayfly and the fruit worms -
48. Death of the mayfly -
49. The spider prepares to begin her feast, but one of the mantises, freed from the web, slips behind the spider and kills her -
50. Death throes of the spider -
51. Funeral of the mayfly -
52. The funeral cortege sets off and disappears into the distance - Night falls on the deserted garden.
