Dancing Clowns

Dancing Clowns has a bouncy, scherzo-like quality. Make the left hand ostinato graceful, light and quiet as its repetitive nature must not be noticeable in performance. Articulate the slur, staccato, and tenuto, being careful not to accent the Gb. The right hand melody uses syncopated strong accents and staccato to portray the playful Clowns. Dynamic changes provide colour as in the crescendo starting in bar 21 which sets up the ‘suddenly quiet’ return of the theme.