"In its original scoring, this Overture to 'Lysistrata' drawn from its heroine's first cabaletta, an aria of longing, and the raucous finale of the first act already saluted the wind orchestra, with its two saxophones (alto and baritone) and lavish use of mallet percussion. But here, Peter Stanley Martin's deft and artful arrangement perhaps expresses the character of the music even more eloquently than the orchestral version does." - Mark Adamo