241. Symphonie Concertante 1947
Classic Ballet in One Act
- Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Symphonie Concertante in E-flat for violin, viola, and orchestra, K. 364, 1779)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Scenery and costumes by James Stewart Morcom. Costumes executed by Edith Lutyens. Lighting by Jean Rosenthal
- Premiere
November 12, 1947, Ballet Society, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. Violinist: Hugo Fiorato. Violist: Karl Braunstein. (First performed by students of the School of American Ballet, with Todd Bolender as guest artist, November 5, 1945, at Carnegie Hall, New York.)
- Cast
ALLEGRO MAESTOSO: Tanaquil Le Clercq, Maria Tallchief, 22 women; ANDANTE: Le Clercq, Tallchief, Todd Bolender, 6 women; PRESTO: Le Clercq, Tallchief, Bolender, 22 women
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
Created for students before its professional premiere to show the relationship between a classical symphony and classical dance. Originally presented (with Élégie [245] and Circus Polka [230]) on the program of the National Orchestral Society entitled Adventure in Ballet. The scenery for the Ballet Society production was a literal transcription of a design by the Baroque artist Giuseppe Galli Bibiena.
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