Is it a Sadie Hawkins? Weber's Invitation to the Dance

After a brief, quasi-introspective introduction (which is quite lovely and simple, texturally), Weber launches into a bombastic waltz of near-operatic scale. A simple melody, passing through the strings and then eventually to the winds and strings in opposing choirs, enters, underpinned by a fairly straightforward waltz accompaniment. Since the piece is in rondo form, the thematic material returns many times over, but each time slightly varied. The end of the work returns to the original texture and scoring, bringing to mind a moment of contemplation on the whole of the waltz that has just been completed.

Although not scored originally for the same instruments, and though not in exactly the same form, Weber's Invitation reminded me instantly of Ravel's La Valse, although where Weber portrays the beauty and elegance of the dance, Ravel seems to display something far less graceful (and perhaps more interesting).