Listening- Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

The opening of the song is very euphoric, it seems that the music is almost floating from phrase to phrase. The lower register used in the flute creates a warm and easy going feeling. I always like how he goes from a solo such as the flute and oboe and slowly includes more instruments such as the harp. While there is a dynamic contrast in this piece there are no surprises. The chords that the harp sporadically plays add to the "happy go lucky" theme of the song. The addition of the strings allows for the phrases to expand, which gives the pieces its ability to flow. The instrumentation of the piece is very unique in that only very warm and eloquent instruments are used, such as the french horn, harp, flute, strings, oboe, clarinet, etc. During my first listening of the piece I couldn't recognize the ABA format because of Debussy ability to keep his music so relaxing.