SEBASTIAN - STAUSS, JR
BALLET
Sebastian
The Nightingale and the Rose (2007) Ballet.
Born 1949, Denmark
Duration: 15’ Orch: 2(pic,afl)+pic.3(ca).3(Ebcl:bcl).3(cbn)/4.3Ctpt(3Bbpictpt).2+btbn.1/ timp.4perc/hp/str
Fairytale (1989) Ballet music freely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s Dyndkongens Datter.
This ballet is inspired by a short story by Oscar Wilde written for his children. It tells of a nightingale who befriended a love-stricken young student and ultimately decided to sacrifice herself for the student’s love for the daughter of his professor. However, as typical of Wilde, the story is atypical for children as the tragic twist at the end reveals very much of Wilde’s view of life and the society in which he lived.
Duration: 100’ Orch: 2222/4231/timp.3perc/hp/str Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Leif Segerstam Born 2 March 1944, Vasa, Finland
Pandora (1967) Ballet in one act.
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Duration: 40’ Orch: 3(pic).2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.perc/cel.hp/str Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Dmitri Shostakovich Born 25 September 1906, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Died 9 August 1975, Moscow, USSR
Rodion Shchedrin
Baryšnja i Chuligan (The Young Lady and the Hooligan) (1962) Choreographic novella in seven episodes. Scenario by Alexander Belinskia after motives of Vladimir Miaskovsky.
Born 16 December 1932, Moscow, Russia
Anna Karenina (1972) Ballet in 3 acts and a prologue Scenario (Italian) by Boris Lvov-Anokhin after Lev Tolstoy.
Duration: 45’ Orch: 3333/4331/timp.perc.xyl.vib/hp.cel.pf/str Publisher: G. Schirmer Russian Available in North America only
Duration: 90’ Cast: S, T Orch: 4343/4331/timp.4perc/2hp.cel.pf/man.gtr/str;onstage: solo pf, fl, str; stage band Publisher: G. Schirmer Russian Available in North America only
The Bolt (1931) Ballet in three acts (seven scenes). Scenario by Vladimir Smirnov.
Carmen Suite (after Bizet) (1967) Ballet in one act. Scenario by Alicia Alonso.
Duration: 145’ Orch: 2+pic/2+ca.2+Ebcl(bcl).2+cbn/timp.2[+]perc.xyl.pf/str/ banda(2cnt.2ahn.2barhn.2bhn.cym) Publisher: Dmitri Shostakovich Estate Available in North America only
Duration: 46’ Orch: 5perc/str(18.16.14.12.10) Publisher: G. Schirmer Russian Available in North America only
The Idiot (1979) (rev. Valery Panov and Michael Heise) Ballet in three acts (twelve scenes). Libretto by Valery Panov after the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Chayka (The Seagull) (1979) Ballet in two acts. Libretto by the composer and Valery Levental after Anton Chekhov.
Orch: 6464/8432/timp.perc.glock.xyl/2hp.cel.pf/str Publisher: Dmitri Shostakovich Estate Available in North America only
Duration: 80’ Orch: 3233/4331/timp(2small timp[=2tom]).3perc/2hp.cel(pf).cel(hpd). hca.egtr/str Publisher: G. Schirmer Russian Available in North America only
Svetlyi Ruchei (The Limpid Stream) (1935) Comedy-ballet in three acts (four tableaux). Scenario by F. Lopukhov and A. Pyotrovsky.
Dama s Sobachkoy (Lady with a Lapdog) (1985) Ballet in one act. Scenario based on the story by Anton Chekhov.
Duration: 67’ Orch: 2(pic)+pic.2+ca.2+Ebcl+bcl.2+cbn/6331/timp.3[+]perc.glock. xyl. hp/str/banda(cnt(Eb).2cnt(Bb).2trp.2ahn(Eb).2thn(Bb). 2barhn(Bb).2bhn Publisher: Dmitri Shostakovich Estate Available in North America only
Duration: 48’ Orch: 0200/2000/cel/str Publisher: G. Schirmer Russian Available in North America only
Zolotoi Vek (The Golden Age) (1930) Ballet.
Konyok Gorbunok ili Tsar-Devitsa (The Little Humpback Horse, or The Tsar Maiden) (1955) Ballet in four acts (eight scenes) with a prologue and epilogue. Scenario by Vasili Vainonen and Paval Malyarevsky after Piotr Yershov’s fairytale.
Duration: 120’ Orch: pic.1+ca.1+Ebcl+bcl.2tsx.1+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.4[+]perc.glock. xyl/bjo.bayan.cel.hca.hp/str/banda(2cnt.2ahn.2barhn.2bhn); offstage: 3trp.ahn/soloists(ssx.barhn) Publisher: Dmitri Shostakovich Estate Available in North America only
Johann Strauss, Jr
Duration: 120’ Orch: 3333/4331/timp.perc.xyl/pf.cel.2hp/str Publisher: G. Schirmer Russian Available in North America only
Born 25 October 1825, Vienna, Austria; died 3 June 1899, Vienna, Austria
Graduation Ball (arr. 1947 by Antal Doráti) Ballet in one act.
Bright Sheng
Duration: 40’ Orch: 2(pic).2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp.4perc/hp/str
Born 6 December1955, Shanghai, China
Set in a fashionable Viennese finishing school for girls during the 1840s, the headmistress has invited the Cadets of the city’s Military Academy to attend a ball to celebrate graduation. The girls have planned a series of divertissements as the evening’s entertainment and are greatly excited by the event. Flirtations, exuberant dances, and a secret romance ensue.
Just Dance (2010) Ballet. Duration: 30’ Orch: 2(pic)+pic.2+ca.3(Ebcl:bcl).2+cbn/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/ pf(cel).hp/str Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc. Left: Jr., Johann Strauss’ Graduation Ball 2011
Publisher: EMI Music Inc. 155
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