344. Movements for Piano and Orchestra 1963
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (1958-59, dedicated to Margrit Weber)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Lighting by Peter Harvey
- Premiere
April 9, 1963, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Robert Irving. Pianist: Gordon Boelzner
- Cast
Suzanne Farrell, Jacques d’Amboise, 6 women
Performance Type
Ballet
Video Archives Recording
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive (pas de deux), 2007
Note
The music uses serial combinations and is divided into five concise parts. Stravinsky described the ballet as a double concerto for male and female solo dancers, both identified with the piano solo, accompanied by a corps de ballet. Occasionally since 1965, and almost consistently since 1966, performed with Monumentum pro Gesualdo [334].
1984 Dutch National Ballet
1999 Pennsylvania Ballet
2003 Boston Ballet
2010 Suzanne Farrell Ballet
2011 Ballet Arizona
2014 Suzanne Farrell Ballet
2015 Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Recorded Performances
Videos/DVD
2002, George Balanchine Foundation, Music Dances: Balanchine Choreographs Stravinsky (excerpts, including footage of Balanchine rehearsing [1963])
1963 (CBS, “Lincoln Center Day”)
1971 (CBC [Montreal])
