Score: Wild swans : a ballet in two acts / Elena Kats-Chernin. [2004] : Product : Australian Music Centre

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Wild swans : a ballet in two acts / Elena Kats-Chernin.

by Elena Kats-Chernin (2002)

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Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet), alto saxophone, 2 bassoons (2nd doubling contra-bassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, percussion (3 players), harp, piano (doubling celesta), soprano voice, strings.
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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

Contents note:

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.

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This edition produced 28 Jan 04.