362. Requiem Canticles 1968
In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-68)
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (Requiem Canticles for contralto, bass, chorus, and orchestra, 1966)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costumes and candelabra by Rouben Ter-Arutunian. Lighting by Ronald Bates
- Premiere
May 2, 1968, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Irving. Singers: Margaret Wilson (contralto); John Ostendorf (bass)
- Cast
Suzanne Farrell, Arthur Mitchell, corps de ballet
Performance Type
Staged Choral Work
Note
Choreographed as a religious ceremony and performed once. The corps de ballet, in long white robes and bearing three-branched candelabra, moved on the darkened stage; a lone woman seemed to search among them, and at the end a figure in purple representing Martin Luther King, Jr. was raised aloft.
