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Second suite of five movements from Rossini, op. 24
Composition date: Jun 1941
First performance: 27 Jun 1941 >>
Type of performance: Concert performance
Location: Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro
Performance details:

American Ballet Company, Emanuel Balaban cond

Genre: Orchestral
Performing forces:

2 fl (II=picc), 2 ob, 2 cl in B flat, 2 bn - 4 hn (III, IV ad lib.), 2 tpt in B flat, 2 trbn, bass trbn (or tuba), tuba (ad lib., to be used only in addition to the bass trbn) - timp, 2 perc (sd, td, bd, cymb, wb, trgl, tamb) - harp (or pf), cel (or pf) - str

Duration: 13'
Dedication: 'To Lincoln Kirstein'

Lincoln Edward Kirstein (1907-1996), American writer and impresario.

Notes

This suite was at the request of Lincoln Kirstein to form with Soirées musicales a ballet, Divertimento, for the American Ballet Company. This was produced in 1941 with choreography by Balanchine.

Movements

  • 1 March (Guillaume Tell'', Act I, Pas de six')
  • 2 Nocturne (Soirées musicales, no. 10, 'La Pesca')
  • 3 Waltz (Soirées musicales, no. 4, 'L'orgia')
  • 4 Pantomime (Soirées musicales, no. 2, 'Il rimproveso')
  • 5 Moto perpetuo (Gorgheggi e solfeggi)

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