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Nijinsky danced the main part himself. The ballet is set to Claude Debussy's symphonic poem Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. Both the music and the ballet were inspired by the poem L'Après-midi d'un faune by Stéphane Mallarmé. The costumes, sets and programme illustrations were designed by the painter Léon Bakst.
The Rite of Spring [n 1] (French: Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich.
His experiments inspired George Balanchine to establish his own troupe in 1922, the Young Ballet. [2] In 1922, he became the impresario of his own company, the Moscow Chamber Ballet, for which he devised some of his most popular dances, including Faun set to Claude Debussy's music and Salome, with music from Richard Strauss's opera.
This is a list of ballet companies in the United States. Company City State Years active ... Avant Chamber Ballet: Dallas: Texas: 2012–present: avantchamberballet ...
Chamber Orchestra is a Finnish ensemble that focuses on contemporary music. The ensemble when it performs varies in size from a solo player to a symphony orchestra. Avanti! Chamber Orchestra won the Gramophone Prize with their first recording. The Orchestra also holds a music festival of its own each summer.
Piece for Chamber Orchestra (1965) Music in Similar Motion for chamber orchestra (1969, orch. in 1981) Company for string orchestra (1983; orchestral version of String Quartet No. 2 Company (1983), see String quartets) Glass Pieces for orchestra (1983, orchestral versions of "Funeral" from Akhnaten and Floe and Façades, for Jerome Robbins' ballet)
A genre range of her compositions includes symphonic, choral, chamber music. Early works of Victoria Polyova were related to the aesthetics of the avant-garde and polystylistics (ballet "Gagaku", "Transform" for symphony orchestra, "Anthem" for chamber orchestra, "Š•piphany" for chamber ensemble, cantatas "Horace's ode", "Gentle light").
1994 Stephen Montague: Orchestral and Chamber Works (Continuum CCD 1061) complete CD of Montague works: From the White Edge of Phrygia, String Quartet No. 1, Haiku, Tigida Pipa; The Florida Orchestra, The Smith Quartet, Philip Mead, piano, Singcircle (Gregory Rose, director)