Word: gracioso
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...evening’s plucky all-Ravel program featured four works by the 20th-century French composer. It got off to an energetic start with “Alborada del gracioso,” a brief selection whose title suggests the early morning serenade of a jester. The performance took full advantage of Ravel’s Impressionistic score, leaping into noisy climaxes and slipping suddenly into murky, bass-dominated string arrangements. Spirited castanets set off the piece’s Iberian influences, and a patient bassoon solo broke through the enthusiastic cacophony of metrical shifts and rhythmic switches...
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