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... Last ESO Performance: November, 1956; Douglas Steensland, conductor ...
... Last ESO Performance: November, 1956; Douglas Steensland, conductor ...
Music, Politics and the People in the European 20th Century
... Les Six 2. Painting by Blanche. a. Center—Marcelle Meyer; b. Left: Tailleferrre, Milhaud, Honegger, Durey; c. Right: Auric, Poulenc, Cocteau 3. Group formed to oppose Wagnerism and Impressionism 4. Inspired by “The Five” 5. In 1917, Swiss novelist Blaise Cendrars (non-de-plumes of Frederic Louis Sau ...
... Les Six 2. Painting by Blanche. a. Center—Marcelle Meyer; b. Left: Tailleferrre, Milhaud, Honegger, Durey; c. Right: Auric, Poulenc, Cocteau 3. Group formed to oppose Wagnerism and Impressionism 4. Inspired by “The Five” 5. In 1917, Swiss novelist Blaise Cendrars (non-de-plumes of Frederic Louis Sau ...
biographies - West Australian Ballet
... a handful of New Zealand composers in full-time practice, he has had works commissioned or performed by most of the leading music, theatre and ballet companies in New Zealand. His works include the stage musical Footrot Flats, which, since its successful Australian premiere in Perth thirty years ago ...
... a handful of New Zealand composers in full-time practice, he has had works commissioned or performed by most of the leading music, theatre and ballet companies in New Zealand. His works include the stage musical Footrot Flats, which, since its successful Australian premiere in Perth thirty years ago ...
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Presents Dance, American Style
... To conclude the night, the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra will collaborate with the Boulder Ballet to re‐create another Copland masterpiece. Copland’s second western ballet, Rodeo, was composed in 1942. At first, Copland was not interested in writing a second “cowboy ballet”; however, he was eve ...
... To conclude the night, the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra will collaborate with the Boulder Ballet to re‐create another Copland masterpiece. Copland’s second western ballet, Rodeo, was composed in 1942. At first, Copland was not interested in writing a second “cowboy ballet”; however, he was eve ...
History of Nutcracker 2013
... Over 100 years old, The Nutcracker Ballet was first presented at the Mayinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on December 17, 1892. Peter Tchaikovsky, the famous Russian composer, was commissioned by mastermind choreographer Marius Petipa to compose the ballet, score based on Alexandre Dumas’s ad ...
... Over 100 years old, The Nutcracker Ballet was first presented at the Mayinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on December 17, 1892. Peter Tchaikovsky, the famous Russian composer, was commissioned by mastermind choreographer Marius Petipa to compose the ballet, score based on Alexandre Dumas’s ad ...
On Hold And In Hell
... recorded apologies for their effectiveness. In the first of two experiments, Munichor and Rafaeli found that callers who were given information about their place in line reported more positive experiences—and hung up less frequently—than those who were played background music. And as for recorded apol ...
... recorded apologies for their effectiveness. In the first of two experiments, Munichor and Rafaeli found that callers who were given information about their place in line reported more positive experiences—and hung up less frequently—than those who were played background music. And as for recorded apol ...
Pascal Roge Bio 2014 - Musikalische Akademie
... be mentored by the great Nadia Boulanger, his playing of Poulenc, Satie, Fauré, Ravel and especially Debussy, is characterized by its elegance, beauty and stylistically perfect phrasing. A native of Paris, Mr. Rogé has performed in almost every major concert hall in the world and with every major o ...
... be mentored by the great Nadia Boulanger, his playing of Poulenc, Satie, Fauré, Ravel and especially Debussy, is characterized by its elegance, beauty and stylistically perfect phrasing. A native of Paris, Mr. Rogé has performed in almost every major concert hall in the world and with every major o ...
PROGRAM NOTES Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella, Ballet in One Act with
... Stravinsky had the last word: I was . . . attacked for being a pasticheur, chided for composing "simple" music, blamed for deserting "modernism," accused of renouncing my "true Russian heritage." People who had never heard of, or cared about, the originals cried "sacrilege": "The classics are ours. ...
... Stravinsky had the last word: I was . . . attacked for being a pasticheur, chided for composing "simple" music, blamed for deserting "modernism," accused of renouncing my "true Russian heritage." People who had never heard of, or cared about, the originals cried "sacrilege": "The classics are ours. ...
The Evolution of Dance - Holly Grove Middle School Dance
... word ballo for dance instead of the common word danza. He also choreographed and wrote out many of the earliest known ballets, known as balleti. He is credited with naming ballet. ...
... word ballo for dance instead of the common word danza. He also choreographed and wrote out many of the earliest known ballets, known as balleti. He is credited with naming ballet. ...
Program Notes - Music Academy of the West
... 1919, and again in 1945 (the last being engendered largely by the need to renew a copyright). The second of these, the suite of 1919, has become the “standard” version, and it is this that we hear tonight. Approximately half the length of the full ballet score, this Firebird suite unfolds in five mo ...
... 1919, and again in 1945 (the last being engendered largely by the need to renew a copyright). The second of these, the suite of 1919, has become the “standard” version, and it is this that we hear tonight. Approximately half the length of the full ballet score, this Firebird suite unfolds in five mo ...
Pascal Rogé exemplifies the finest in French pianism. Born in Paris
... Saint Saens concerti along with the complete piano works of Ravel, Poulenc and Satie. Several years ago, Mr. Rogé began a new and ambitious recording project for Onyx called the Rogé Edition. With the Vienna Radio Symphony under Bertrand de Billy, he has recently recorded two CDs of both of the ...
... Saint Saens concerti along with the complete piano works of Ravel, Poulenc and Satie. Several years ago, Mr. Rogé began a new and ambitious recording project for Onyx called the Rogé Edition. With the Vienna Radio Symphony under Bertrand de Billy, he has recently recorded two CDs of both of the ...
Music and Action - (Kay) Picart Homepage
... Why is it so important that the choreographer and scenario writer exercise care when developing the theme of a ballet? ...
... Why is it so important that the choreographer and scenario writer exercise care when developing the theme of a ballet? ...
RODEO CHOREOGRAPHY BY AGNES DE MILLE MUSIC BY
... In its ABT Company Premiere, the pas de deux from George Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes is an exuberant spectacle studded with tongue-in-cheek humor and dazzlingly virtuosic choreography, set to John Philip Sousa’s rousing marches. ALEXEI RATMANSKY WORLD PREMIERE MUSIC BY DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Be ther ...
... In its ABT Company Premiere, the pas de deux from George Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes is an exuberant spectacle studded with tongue-in-cheek humor and dazzlingly virtuosic choreography, set to John Philip Sousa’s rousing marches. ALEXEI RATMANSKY WORLD PREMIERE MUSIC BY DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Be ther ...
theTALENT – Company Repertoire
... making dance accessible and reaching a wider audience through their celebrated stage and television work. They came to prominence through their popular Channel 4 documentaries Ballet Boyz I & II, Strictly Bolshoi, The Royal Ballet in Cuba, BalletBoyz: The Next Generation and the groundbreaking Balle ...
... making dance accessible and reaching a wider audience through their celebrated stage and television work. They came to prominence through their popular Channel 4 documentaries Ballet Boyz I & II, Strictly Bolshoi, The Royal Ballet in Cuba, BalletBoyz: The Next Generation and the groundbreaking Balle ...
Paris: 1918-1945
... When the war ended, Stravinsky returned to Paris with an assortment of new works revealing unsuspected sides of his developing musical personality. The Soldier's Tale, 'to be read, played , and danced', composed in 1918 to a libretto by C. F. Ramuz, was the musical antithesis of his large-scale prod ...
... When the war ended, Stravinsky returned to Paris with an assortment of new works revealing unsuspected sides of his developing musical personality. The Soldier's Tale, 'to be read, played , and danced', composed in 1918 to a libretto by C. F. Ramuz, was the musical antithesis of his large-scale prod ...
Notes on the Program by DR. RICHARD E. RODDA Helios Overture
... greeted with Liadov’s report on his progress: “It won’t be long now,” Diaghilev was told. “It’s well on its way. I have just today bought the manuscript paper.” Realizing that The Firebird would never get off the ground at such a rate, Diaghilev inquired whether Stravinsky had any interest in taking ...
... greeted with Liadov’s report on his progress: “It won’t be long now,” Diaghilev was told. “It’s well on its way. I have just today bought the manuscript paper.” Realizing that The Firebird would never get off the ground at such a rate, Diaghilev inquired whether Stravinsky had any interest in taking ...
Les SAISONS RUSSES du XX1e SIECLE RETURNS to the
... Born in Hamburg to a German mother and Nigerian father, ballet dancer and choreographer Patrick de Bana (left) studied at the Hamburg Ballet School before joining the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in 1987 where he quickly became principal dancer. He left Béjart Ballet Lausanne in 1992 in order to join the ...
... Born in Hamburg to a German mother and Nigerian father, ballet dancer and choreographer Patrick de Bana (left) studied at the Hamburg Ballet School before joining the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in 1987 where he quickly became principal dancer. He left Béjart Ballet Lausanne in 1992 in order to join the ...
Dianna Cruz-Senior Recital Program
... left her in poor health for the rest of her life. On account of her health, her years were cut short in 1918, when she was just in her mid-twenties. Even in her short time, however, she accomplished much in her field. This gifted composer had ties with other exceptional composers such as Gabriel Fau ...
... left her in poor health for the rest of her life. On account of her health, her years were cut short in 1918, when she was just in her mid-twenties. Even in her short time, however, she accomplished much in her field. This gifted composer had ties with other exceptional composers such as Gabriel Fau ...
The Firebird - New York Theatre Ballet
... composer turned him down, he asked a talented student composer, Igor Stravinsky, to write the new score. Stravinsky had never before created music for a ballet. ...
... composer turned him down, he asked a talented student composer, Igor Stravinsky, to write the new score. Stravinsky had never before created music for a ballet. ...
Modernism in Music and Erik Satie`s Parade - TRAN-B
... World War I,which was underway not far from Paris.?10 The dissatisfaction that characterized the French arts scene was reinforced through the incessant interactive dialogue that transpired in the caf?s, studios, and salons of Paris. that existed in But the overriding attitude of sarcasm and disencha ...
... World War I,which was underway not far from Paris.?10 The dissatisfaction that characterized the French arts scene was reinforced through the incessant interactive dialogue that transpired in the caf?s, studios, and salons of Paris. that existed in But the overriding attitude of sarcasm and disencha ...
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Rite of Spring
... Fortune smiled on the young Stravinsky when two of his compositions were featured on a concert in St. Petersburg on February 6, 1909. These were the Scherzo fantastique and Fireworks. In the audience was Serge Diaghilev, the founder of the recently created Ballets Russes, who heard very interesting ...
... Fortune smiled on the young Stravinsky when two of his compositions were featured on a concert in St. Petersburg on February 6, 1909. These were the Scherzo fantastique and Fireworks. In the audience was Serge Diaghilev, the founder of the recently created Ballets Russes, who heard very interesting ...
A Brief History of Ballet Ballet originated in the Italian Renaissance
... performance, creating a long-standing opera-ballet tradition in France. By the mid-1700s French ballet master Jean Georges Noverre rebelled against the artifice of opera-ballet, believing that ballet could stand on its own as an art form. His notions—that ballet should contain expressive, dramatic m ...
... performance, creating a long-standing opera-ballet tradition in France. By the mid-1700s French ballet master Jean Georges Noverre rebelled against the artifice of opera-ballet, believing that ballet could stand on its own as an art form. His notions—that ballet should contain expressive, dramatic m ...
Biography - Christopher d`Amboise
... and drama and seeks to reinforce a positive perspective of humanity. He has created more than eighty ballets for numerous international companies, including those in San Francisco, Amsterdam, and Flanders. In January of 2015, a revival of his work, "Just One of Those Things," premiered in Istanbul w ...
... and drama and seeks to reinforce a positive perspective of humanity. He has created more than eighty ballets for numerous international companies, including those in San Francisco, Amsterdam, and Flanders. In January of 2015, a revival of his work, "Just One of Those Things," premiered in Istanbul w ...
Gamelan D`Drum Stewart Copeland
... Prodigal Son; Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, and many more. Diaghilev heard Ravel’s music during the Ballets Russes’ first season in Paris. Shortly after that, he hired him to write the music for Fokine’s setting of the Greek legend of Daphnis and Chloé. It was not an easy production. Ravel took three fu ...
... Prodigal Son; Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, and many more. Diaghilev heard Ravel’s music during the Ballets Russes’ first season in Paris. Shortly after that, he hired him to write the music for Fokine’s setting of the Greek legend of Daphnis and Chloé. It was not an easy production. Ravel took three fu ...
Mercure (ballet)
Mercure (Mercury, or The Adventures of Mercury) is a 1924 ballet with music by Erik Satie. The original décor and costumes were designed by Pablo Picasso and the choreography was by Léonide Massine, who also danced the title role. Subtitled ""Plastic Poses in Three Tableaux"", it was an important link between Picasso's Neoclassical and Surrealist phases and has been described as a ""painter's ballet."" Mercure was commissioned by the Soirées de Paris stage company and first performed at the Théâtre de la Cigale in Paris on June 15, 1924. The conductor was Roger Désormière.