An early morning walk through fresh snow with
expectation of a treat to come. Passes through
different snowy scenes, a little shivering in the cold,
then warm up as you pass into the sunlight. Ends with a
great gallumping sleigh ride.
It features sleigh bells from 0:40 and a fresh
out-doors breezy feeling at the start which makes me
think of a happy and carefree early morning walk in the
snow. There are also trills, like shivering with cold
and excitement, passed around the orchestra in...(+)
An early morning walk through fresh snow with
expectation of a treat to come. Passes through
different snowy scenes, a little shivering in the cold,
then warm up as you pass into the sunlight. Ends with a
great gallumping sleigh ride.
It features sleigh bells from 0:40 and a fresh
out-doors breezy feeling at the start which makes me
think of a happy and carefree early morning walk in the
snow. There are also trills, like shivering with cold
and excitement, passed around the orchestra in the
first section. After passing the first main theme
around the orchestra, string soloists take over for a
while against light orchestral background. A warm tune
is then heard in brass which is repeated in a close
canon then taken over by strings. Cold sets in and
there is some shivering but the sun soon comes out to
reveal a glorious snowscape. A light and carefree tune
follows, then a build up to the climax of the sleigh
ride which quickly gets going at full pelt by 4:27. The
music for the sleigh ride is taken from the opening
motif and is extended and repeated a number of times,
but each repeat is slightly twisted, emphasised
differently and with changes to the orchestration. The
sleigh ride gives me a strong image of how the horse
would look trotting rapidly, muscles twitching and mane
swishing and hooves kicking up the snow. I would maybe
like to make the section from 4:27 to the end into a 3
minute or so piece on its own of just the sleigh ride
(with a build up).
SHEET MUSIC