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Paul Maassen Arrangements & 
Part Two: 
Paul Maassen (1981) 
Bacchante: Suite for Carillon and Electronics 
  1.  Introduction 
  2.  Dionysus appears to Thebes disguised as a man 
  3.  Intro by the Bacchante Choir 
  4.  King Pentheus plans punishment 
  5.  Bacchanalian Chorus Intro II; orgy 
  6.  Arrest and release of Dionysus 
  7.  Bacchanalian Chorus Intro III: Pentheus' murder 
  8.  Agave, Pentheus' mother, returns to Thebes (and to reality) 
  9.  Bacchante chorus interlude 
  10.  Dionysus appears as a god: deus ex machina 
  11.  Epilogue 



 
Summary of Euripides's Tragedy:
 
An unusual stranger (actually the god Dionysus) is leading a group of followers known as the Bacchantes. Disguised as a man, he comes from Asia to the city of Thebes. Pentheus, King of Thebes, strongly opposes Dionysus and the Bacchante cult he leads, with their festive orgies. Strange things begin to happen in Thebes and Pentheus plans to punish Dionysus for it. However, Dionysus persuades Pentheus to attend one of the orgies disguised as a woman. At the hysterical orgy, Pentheus' mother, Agave, does not recognise her son but thinks he is a lion. She and the other grocers kill Pentheus and behead him. While carrying his head back to Thebes, Agave's father brings her back to reality and she realises that she has killed her son. Dionysus now appears as the god he really is to punish Pentheus' family for their unbelief.