Dance Intermezzo

Op. 45 no. 2, Dance Intermezzo. Orchestrated in 1907 from the piano arrangement of the incidental music Musik zu einer Szene (1904).

At a charitable event on 5th March 1904, Sibelius conducted the tableau music Musik zu einer Szene under the title: Ein Fichtenbaum - träumt von einer Palme. The performance was quickly forgotten, but in 1907 the work became Dance Intermezzo. This extremely light and elegant little work shows Sibelius at his most entertaining.