Roussel - Symphony No. 3

1 1. Allegro vivo
2 2. Adagio
3 3. Vivace
4 4. Allegro con spirito
5 Prélude
6 A garden - Sitting in her web, a spider surveys the surroundings
7 Entry of the ants - They find a rose petal - With great effort they lift the petal and carry it away
8 Left alone, the spider daydreams and watches the landscape - She checks the strength of her thread - ...
9 Entry of the dung beetles
10 The ants return - The prepare to carry another petal, when a butterfly appears
11 Dance of the butterfly - The spider invites the butterfly to dance closer to her web - The butterfly is caught ...
12 The spider rejoices - She frees the butterfly from her web and takes it to her larder
13 The spider dances - Suddenly fruits cone crashing down from a tree. the spider jumps backwards
14 Fruit worms enter and prepare to revel in the fallen fruits
15 Warlike entry of two praying mantises who lift their frightening blades and forbid anyone to approach ...
16 The ants dance in a cricle - The two mantises blame each other for the trick which was played upon them
17 The mantises challenge each other to a duel - They fight - The spider dances in order ...
18 A mayfly hatches
19 He dances
20 The mayfly stops, exhausted - The ants, the spider and finally the dung beetles pay their respects - The mayfly ...
21 The mayfly and the fruit worms dance
22 The mayfly dies
23 The spider prepares to begin her feast, but one of the mantises, freed by the dung beetles from the web, slips behind...
24 Death throes of the spider
25 Funeral of the mayfly - The funeral cortege sets off and vanishes into the distance
26 Night falls on the deserted garden