That is, what needs to be covered over (by the clowns sung about in the song) is the very intensity, ragged emotion and utter vulnerability that comes forward through the music and singing itself, a display protracted to six minutes, wrought with exposed silences, a shocked Fredrik sitting so uncomfortably before Desirée while something much too real emerges in a realm where he – and his audience – felt assured of performance." Influences There is a Mozart reference in the title—A Little Night Music is an occasionally-used translation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, the nickname of Mozart's Serenade No. 13, K. 525. The elegant, harmonically-advanced music in this musical pays indirect homage to the compositions of Maurice Ravel, especially his Valses nobles et sentimentales (whose opening chord is borrowed for the opening chord of the song "Liaisons"); part of this effect stems from the style of orchestration that Jonathan Tunick used. There is also a direct quotation in 'A Weekend in the Country' (just as it moves to A major for the last time in the final section of the number) of Octavian's theme from Strauss' 'Der Rosenkavalier', another comedy of manners with partner-swapping at its heart. Orchestration The original Broadway pit consisted of a 17 piece orchestra. Strings: 2 violins 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 bass, 1 harp Brass: 2 trumpets (1 player), 3 horns, 1 trombone Keyboards: 1 piano/celesta Woodwinds: Reed 1: alto flute, flute, piccolo Reed 2: clarinet, flute Reed 3: bass clarinet, clarinet Reed 4: English horn, oboe Reed 5: bassoon, clarinet Percussion: (1 player) bells, crotales, snare drum, triangle, tympani, xylophone The 2008 revival of the show modified the orchestrations to an 8 piece pit, re-orchestrated by Jason Carr. Strings: 1 violin 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 bass, 1 harp Keyboards: 1 piano/synthesizer Woodwinds: 1 player Bassoon: 1 player Cast recordings In addition to the original Broadway and London cast recordings, and the motion picture soundtrack (no longer available), there are recordings of the 1990 studio cast, the 1995 Royal National Theatre revival (starring Judi Dench), and the 2001 Barcelona cast recording sung in Catalan. In 1997 an all-jazz version of the score was recorded by Terry Trotter. The 2009 Broadway revival with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury recorded a cast album on January 4, 2010, which was released on April 6. Critical response In his review of the original 1973 Broadway production, Clive Barnes in