Work
Dances from Giselle and the Wraith Queen : orchestra
by Christopher Gordon (2015, this version: 2018)
Selected products featuring this work — Display all products (1 more)
Display all products featuring this work (1 more) 
Work Overview
Nine dances, including the clan dances, a pas de deux, and the finale, extracted from the ballet which is a retelling of the Giselle story.
Work Details
Year: 2015, this version: 2018
Instrumentation: 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 3 clarinets in B flat (2nd & 3rd doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani/cymbals/3 temple bowls, percussion (6 players), piano, celeste, harp, gayageum (25 string, or keyboard sampler, or harp 2), strings (minimum 12.10.8.6.5).
Duration: 34 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: Dance of Substance and Illusion -- Dance of Impulse and Caution -- Dance of Love and Immersion -- Dance of Guilt and Elation -- Dance of Convergence and Suspicion -- Dance of Threat and Possession -- Dances of Affinity and Celebration -- Dance of Commitment and Assumption -- Dance of Apotheosis and Isolation.
Dedication note: Dedicated to Graeme Murphy
Commission note: Commissioned by Universal Ballet, South Korea
First performance: by Prime Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Granovsky, Universal Ballet — 13 Jun 15. Seoul Arts Centre Opera Theatre, South Korea
This suite created in 2018.
Performances of this work
13 Jun 15: Seoul Arts Centre Opera Theatre, South Korea. Featuring Prime Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Granovsky, Universal Ballet.
User reviews
Be the first to share your thoughts, opinions and insights about this work.
To post a comment please login.