Delibes composed many operatic works, both serious and light, incidental music, songs, a mass and a cantata, and also wrote music for a number of ballets, the best known being Coppelia, based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story Olympia.
The music which Delibes wrote for the balletSylviaincludes ‘Pizzicati’, a piece which will be instantly recognisable, and which has been arranged here by Frances Jones for 3 Flutes and Alto Flute.
