b'PROGRAM NOTES brasses and an English horn solo melody worthy of a snake charmer. The farruca has Roma roots and features an emphatic repeating refrain alternating with lyric passages. Suddenly, the magistrates men (represented by the opening motive from Beethovens Fifth Symphony) burst in and arrest the miller. The mezzo sings of betrayal, signaled by the cuckoos cry. The winds, representing both cuckoo and blackbird, sound the nine oclock hour, as Frasquita waits alone in her house, cradling a pistol. Sure enough, the magistrate returns and performs a self-assured minuet before calling on Frasquita, but his clumsiness overtakes him as he crosses the bridge and falls into the water. Frasquita emerges and tries to send him away, mocking his drenched state, whereupon the magistrate draws two pistols. She points her own gun at him, but eventually runs away, frightened of her own audacity. The magistrate takes refuge in the millers bed and sheds his wet clothes. A comedy of mistaken identity ensues when the miller returns, sees the magistrates clothes and distinctive three-cornered hat, and assumes Frasquita has been unfaithful. In revenge, the miller dons the magistrates clothes and goes off to romance the magistrates wife. Meanwhile, the magistrate is left with only the millers clothes, which he puts on, and is promptly arrested by his own men, who mistake him for the miller. Eventually, all is sorted out, and the ballet ends with all the neighbors dancing a lively jota, a dance from northern Spain. Its victorious, buoyant mood reflects their celebration of the Corregidors defeat.Elizabeth SchwartzElizabeth Schwartz is a writer and music historian based in the Portland area. She has been a program annotator for more than 20 years and works with music festivals and ensembles around the country. Schwartz has also contributed to NPRs Performance Today, (now heard on American Public Media.)NOTE: These program notes are for Santa Rosa Symphony patrons and other interested readers. Any other use is forbidden without specific permission from the author, who may be contacted at classicalmusicprogramnotes.com24 Santa Rosa Symphony(707) 546-8742'