Notes on Elegy for Innocence:  I was contemplating the innocence one has as he/she starts out in life and the bittersweet journey as the expectation of life’s offerings yield to the reality.  These musings are represented in the music with a simple, Copland-esque opening, a sinister almost uninvited middle section, followed by a melancholic solo bassoon melody, ending with a virtuosic and optimistic flourish.