Ballet
Ballet Berkeley – Crosse 4 Bastet Michael Berkeley Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193555136 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc, str Bastet was commissioned by Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet in 1988, and was choreographed by Lynn Seymour. The piece is based around Bastet, the Egyptian goddess of fertility and cats. The story is of a young man who does not initially reciprocate the love of his suitor, and he leaves to seek the goddess whom he idolises in the temple of Bastet. In her anguish, the girl pleads with Bastet to help regain his love. The goddess agrees to help, and transforms the girl into an image of herself. When the young man is awoken from his trance, he instantly takes his lover back. 30 minutes The Mayfly Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193354074 fl, cl, perc, pno, vln, vc The Mayfly was choreographed by Lynn Seymour in 1984. It was composed for a chamber group of musicians and created for young dancers – the Brownies – and starred Wayne Sleep. 12 minutes Axel Michel Wildboy Gordon Crosse Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193626089 2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2bsn, 4hn (3&4 opt), 2tpt, 3tbn, 3P, cimb, pf, e.guit (opt), hp, str Originally choreographed by Kenneth Miller, Wildboy is a fable demonstrating what happens when the untamed and the tamed come together, and how their actions contaminate one another. The story focuses on the relationship of two men and a woman when they find and attempt to domesticate a boy who has grown up in the wild. 27 minutes Young Apollo after Benjamin Britten’s Young Apollo Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193357174 2 fl, 2 ob, 3 cl (III+bcl), 2 bsn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, 2 perc, hp, cel/pno, str quartet, str Inspired by a request from choreographer David Bintley, Crosse extended Benjamin Britten’s Young Apollo and expanded the instrumentation to create a movement of ballet music. The resulting ballet was premiered at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1984. Britten’s work, written for piano, string quartet and string orchestra, was inspired by the composer’s first love interest, but withdrawn for many years after its second performance. The work is founded on the last lines of Keats's unfinished poem Hyperion. Mnemosyne, having witnessed the defeat of the Titans led by Hyperion, deserts the Titans for Delos. She sees the birth of Apollo and reveals his destiny, before Apollo casts off his mortal form. 30 minutes
ed. John Lanchbery Ferdinand Hérold La fille mal gardée Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193643000 2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc, hp, str Lise (the badly guarded daughter) Colas (Lise’s beloved) Widow Simone (Lise’s mother, traditionally danced by a man) Alain (Lise’s rich, dim-witted suitor) Thomas (Alain’s father) Notary Farm workers, friends of Lise and Colas Rooster and three hens In Frederick Ashton’s 1960 version of a ballet that has existed in various forms since the late 1700s, Ferdinand Hérold’s score is edited, orchestrated and augmented by John Lanchbery. The story is a simple and lighthearted one of young love flying in the face of parental disapproval, and in true fairy-tale fashion everything works out in the end. The score is lively, energetic and witty, artfully intertwining familiar melodies with folk tunes. Since its premiere, this version, commissioned to match Frederick Ashton’s peerless choreography and Osbert Lancaster’s colourful stage designs, has been performed worldwide and is in many respects now considered the ‘traditional’ rendering. 100 minutes Gustav Holst The Golden Goose Full version: vocal and instrumental scores on hire 9780193368989 Orchestral version: conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193647442 picc, 2fl, 2ob, ca, 2cl, 2bsn, 2hn, 2tpt, 3tbn, tba, timp, 1 (or 2) perc, cel, str This choral ballet is set to verse by Holst’s pupil Jane Joseph from Grimm’s fairy tale. It tells the story of a princess who could not laugh, narrating attempts by a group of mummers to entertain her, until finally a young man succeeds and wins her hand. Its charming music is replete with folk-influenced melodies and colourful orchestration that vividly illustrate the story. 30 minutes The Morning of the Year Vocal and instrumental scores on hire 9780193369009 picc, 2fl, 2ob, ca, 2cl, 2bsn, cbn, 4hn, 2tpt, 3tbn, tba, timp, 1perc, org, str Originally commissioned by the BBC, this choral ballet is themed around spring, rebirth, nature and the English rites surrounding them. Complex in its counterpoint, mixed metres, and combinations of more than one key at once, the music is underpinned by English folk influences throughout. Each movement evokes a different atmosphere, the mood varying from serene and lyrical to declamatory and full of rhythmic vitality. 25 minutes ed. Imogen Holst and Colin Matthews The Morning of the Year (Dances) Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193647428 picc, 2fl, 2ob, ca, 2cl, 2bsn, cbn, 4hn, 2tpt, 3tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc, str The original version of The Morning of the Year was written in 1926. In 1979, Imogen Holst and Colin Matthews edited the concert version, omitting the chorus and shortening several dances, forming this ballet. 8 minutes Ballet Hérold – Holst 5
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