Sheet Music: ScoreWild swans : a ballet in two acts / Elena Kats-Chernin.by Elena Kats-Chernin (2002)
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Published by: Australian Music Centre (under licence from Boosey & Hawkes) — 1 score (448p. -- A3 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 1 hours, 30 mins
Act I: 1. Overture -- 2. Prologue -- 3. Cutting dolls -- 4. Eliza aria -- 5. Brothers Pontuff & Witch entry -- 6. Father entry & seduction -- 7. Wedding girls -- 8. Wedding men -- 9. Wedding all -- 10. Transformation -- 11. Echo -- 12. Glow worms -- 13. Green leaf. Act II: 1. Cutting snow -- 2. Snow -- 3. Soaring flight -- 4. Witches behind the screen (Seduction) -- 5. Tarantella -- 6. Knitting -- 7. Cemetery -- 8. Gossip whispers -- 9. Prince pas de deux -- 10. Eliza knitting again -- 11. Condemnation -- 12. Flying cemetery -- 13. Swans are transformed -- 14. Maracas laughing song -- 15. Presents: Clown -- 16. Presents: Mermaid -- 17. Presents: Pea Princess -- 18. Presents: Emperor's clothes -- 19. Presents: Red shoes -- 20. Presents: Match girl -- 21. Hungarian ending -- 22. Green leaf sad.
First performance by Australian Ballet, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra — 29 Apr 03. Sydney Opera House
Includes programme note.
The work was created in collaboration with choreographer Meryl Tankard. It is based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1838 fairytale The Wild Swans.
Winner of 2003 Green Room Awards and 2004 Helpmann Awards for best original score.
Typeset edition.
This edition produced 28 Jan 04.
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