As with a great deal of French woodwind music, this piece has its technical difficulties. Not a bad piece, in spite of the title. Two minutes duration. Pleasant, slow and easy. Seven minutes duration.
Fast movements have good rhythmic vitality, and the slow movements allow for expression.
Two long cadenzas separated by a recitative and ending with a quick scherzo-style section. Composed in 1946. Nice and melodious. A fairly difficult but appealing work. Busy piano part.