"The Firebird The Firebird (; ) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, with a scenario by Alexandre Benois and Fokine based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner. When first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 25 June 1910, the work was an instant success with both audience and critics. The ballet has historic significance not only as Stravinsky's breakthrough"
"to play for a Paris season given by Sergei Diaghilev's ballet company, the Ballets Russes. Monteux played under Pierné in the world premiere of Stravinsky's ""The Firebird"". In 1911 Diaghilev engaged Nikolai Tcherepnin to conduct the premiere of Stravinsky's ""Petrushka"". Monteux conducted the preliminary rehearsals before Tcherepnin arrived; Stravinsky was so impressed that he insisted that Monteux conduct the premiere. ""Petrushka"" was part of a triple bill, all conducted by Monteux. The other two pieces were ""Le Spectre de la Rose"" and ""Scheherazade"", a balletic adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite of the same name. The three works were choreographed by"
"1907, Stravinsky designed and built his own house in Ustilug, which he called ""my heavenly place"". In this house, Stravinsky worked on seventeen of his early compositions, among them ""Feu d'artifice"", ""The Firebird"", ""Petrushka"", and ""The Rite of Spring"". Recently renovated, the house is now a Stravinsky house-museum open to the public. Many documents, letters, and photographs are on display there, and a Stravinsky Festival is held annually in the nearby town of Lutsk. Stravinsky became an overnight sensation following the success of the ""Firebird""'s premiere in Paris on 25 June 1910. The composer had travelled from his estate in"
"still be several decades before most countries outside of Europe could claim their own professional ballet companies, however. Sergei Diaghilev brought ballet full-circle back to Paris when he opened his company, Ballets Russes. It was made up of dancers from the Russian exile community in Paris after the Revolution. Diaghilev and composer Igor Stravinsky merged their talents to bring Russian folklore to life in ""The Firebird"" and ""Petrushka"" choreographed by Fokine. Diaghilev's next choreographic commissions went to Nijinsky. His First ballet was ""L'apres-midi d'un Faune"" (Afternoon of a Faun) to music by Debussy. It was notable for its two dimensional"
"Stravinsky's ""The Rite of Spring"" with choreography by Glen Tetley, George Balanchine's ""Theme and Variations"" with music by P.I. Tchaikovsky, and a new work by Val Caniparoli of San Francisco Ballet ""Light/The Holocaust and Humanity Project"" (choreography by Stephen Mills of Ballet Austin) ""Swan Lake"" (choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) ""The Nutcracker"" (music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) ""Peter Pan"" (choreography by Michael Pink, music by Philip Feeney) ""Tribute"" (choreography by Emery LeCrone, Jodie Gates and Amy Seiwert) ""Anniversary Triple Bill"" (Feast of the Gods - choreography by Edwaard Liang, “…smile with my heart” - choreography"
"expecting to hear the beginning of ""The Rite of Spring"", but instead was greeted with ""Petrushka"". Diaghilev immediately recognized the possibilities of developing this orchestral work into a full length stage work. Thus, the concert piece became the second part of the ballet ""Petrushka"". The full score was completed on May 11, 1911, and on the following June 13, ""Petrushka"" was performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, under the baton of Pierre Monteux. ""Three Movements from Petrushka"" for the solo piano were composed ten years later for his friend, pianist Arthur Rubinstein, and are"
"1908, respectively. In February 1909, two of Stravinsky's orchestral works, the and (""Fireworks"") were performed at a concert in Saint Petersburg, where they were heard by Serge Diaghilev, who was at that time involved in planning to present Russian opera and ballet in Paris. Diaghilev was sufficiently impressed by ""Fireworks"" to commission Stravinsky to carry out some orchestrations and then to compose a full-length ballet score, ""The Firebird"". From approximately 1890 until 1914 the composer frequently visited Ustilug, a town in the modern Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. He spent most of his summers there, where his father-in-law had an estate. In"
"was looking for fresh compositional talent. The ballet was the first of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes productions to have an all-original score composed for it. Alexandre Benois wrote in 1910 that he had two years earlier suggested to Diaghilev the production of a Russian nationalist ballet, an idea all the more attractive given both the newly awakened French passion for Russian dance and also the ruinously expensive costs of staging opera. The inspiration of mixing the mythical Firebird with the unrelated Russian tale of Koschei the Deathless possibly came from a popular child's verse by Yakov Polonsky, ""A Winter's Journey"""
"(Allegro non troppo), from rehearsal 203 to rehearsal 209, in his ballet ""The Firebird"" (1910) is written uniformly in time. Much more characteristically, septuple bars in Stravinsky's scores are found in a context of constantly changing meters, as for example in his ballet ""The Rite of Spring"" (1911–13), where the object appears to be the combination of two- and three-note subdivisions in irregular groupings. For example, in Part II, third tableau, ""Glorification of the Chosen Maiden"", bars of and are interspersed with bars of , , , , , , , , , and time. This treatment of rhythm subsequently"
"The Whims of the Butterfly The Whims of the Butterfly (also known as ""The Caprices of a Butterfly"", or ""Les Caprices du Papillon"") is a ballet in 1 act, with choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Nikolai Krotkov. Libretto by Marius Petipa, based on the poem ""The Grasshopper Musician"" by Yakov Polonsky. First presented by the Imperial Ballet on June 5/17 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1889 for the Imperial court at the theatre of Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. The ballet was given a second premiere for the general public at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on October 25/November 6,"
"Académie Vitti in Paris. In 1901 he moved to the Saint Petersburg region from Moscow. It was here that he came into his own as a stage designer, combining symbolism and modernism on operatic and dramatic productions for Diaghilev, Meyerhold and others. After the Revolution of 1917, Golovin found work in theatre less and less often, and so delved into painting and graphic illustration. Golovin provided the set design for the 1910 original production of Stravinsky's ""The Firebird"" ballet. Golovin provided the scenic design for an important production of Pierre Beaumarchais's ""The Marriage of Figaro"" at the Moscow Art Theatre."
"The work was dedicated to the pianist Ricardo Viñes, but de Falla chose Cubiles as a tribute to his exceptional qualities as a virtuoso and a musician. He later recorded the work with the Vienna Philharmonic under Ernest Ansermet. On 6 June 1916, during Igor Stravinsky's first visit to Spain to present his ballets ""The Firebird"" and ""Petrushka"", Cubiles played the difficult piano part in ""Petrushka"" in a performance conducted by Ansermet, in the presence of the composer, who had personally rehearsed the players. (Cubiles and Stravinsky died one day apart, on 5 and 6 April 1971 respectively.) From 1920"
"Pierre Monteux Pierre Benjamin Monteux (; 4 April 18751 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in 1907. He came to prominence when, for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company between 1911 and 1914, he conducted the world premieres of Stravinsky's ""The Rite of Spring"" and other prominent works including ""Petrushka"", Ravel's ""Daphnis et Chloé"", and Debussy's ""Jeux"". Thereafter he directed orchestras around the world for more than half a century. From 1917 to 1919 Monteux was the"
"of the first season of the Ballets Russes in Paris. At Ballets Russes, he collaborated with other artists to create a ballet of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's ""Scheherazade"", which premiered in 1910. The ballet was inspired by symphonic poems composed by Rimsky-Korsakov and the tale of the 1001 Nights. The sets designed by Léon Bakst matched the sexualized choreography. Despite the lack of historical accuracy, the ballet was successful due to its brilliant colors, exoticism, and sexual overtones. The 1910 production featured Nijinsky in the role of the Golden Slave. ""The Firebird"" (1910) was also created by a ""committee,"" a process inspired"
"The Seasons (ballet) The Seasons (, ""Vremena goda""; also ) is an allegorical ballet in one act, four scenes, by the choreographer Marius Petipa, with music by Alexander Glazunov, his Op. 67. The work was composed in 1899 and first performed by the Imperial Ballet in 1900 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The score for Marius Petipa's ""Les Saisons"" (""The Seasons"") was originally intended to have been composed by the Italian composer and conductor Riccardo Drigo, who was Glazunov's colleague and close friend. Since 1886, Drigo held the posts of director of music and ""chef d’orchestre"" to the Ballet of the"
"the work unfinished. Glazunov wrote three ballets; eight symphonies and many other orchestral works; five concertos (2 for piano; 1 for violin; 1 for cello; 1 for saxophone); seven string quartets; two piano sonatas and other piano pieces; miscellaneous instrumental pieces; and some songs. He worked together with the choreographer Michel Fokine to create the ballet ""Les Sylphides"". It was a collection of piano works by Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by Glazunov. He was also given the opportunity by Serge Diaghilev to write music to ""The Firebird"" after Lyadov had failed to do so. Glazunov refused. Eventually, Diaghilev sought out the"
"Spring"", written by Stravinsky and choreographed by Nijinsky. The shouts of the audience during the performance, both for and against the dancers, were so loud that the dancers could not hear the music; the choreographer, in the wings, had to count in a loud voice to help them. The ballet transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure. The outbreak of World War I and the subsequent Russian Revolution of 1917 left the Ballets Russes stranded in Paris. They continued to perform in France and toured around Europe and the world, but never had the opportunity to"
"the room completely. The story of the Firebird quest has inspired literary works, including ""The Little Humpback Horse"" by Pyotr Yershov. The most famous version of the Firebird legend was the production by Sergei Diaghilev of Ballet Russe, who commissioned composer Igor Stravinsky to score the enormously popular large-scale ballet called ""The Firebird"". In Stravinsky's ballet, with a scenario written by Michel Fokine and Alexandre Benois, the creature is half-woman, half-bird. She is captured by Prince Ivan, but when he sets her free she gives him a magic feather, which he uses to defeat the spell of Kaschei the Immortal."
"and pianos or using pianolas in accordance with a version of the piece that Stravinsky abandoned without completing. Stravinsky first conceived of writing the ballet in 1913 and completed it in short score by October 1917. He wrote the libretto himself using Russian wedding lyrics taken primarily from songs collected by Pyotr Kireevsky and published in 1911. During a long gestation period, its orchestration changed dramatically. Stravinsky first planned to employ an expanded symphony orchestra similar to that of ""The Rite of Spring"". His thinking went through numerous variations, including at one point the use of synchronised roll-operated instruments, including"
"P. I. Tchaikovsky) ""The Nutcracker"" (choreography after Marius Petipa, music by P. I. Tchaikovsky) ""Ballet MasterWorks"" (includes ""The Firebird"" choreographed by Yuri Possokhov, music by Igor Stravinsky; Serenade choreographed by George Balanchine, music by P.I. Tchaikovsky; and Petite Mort choreographed by Jiří Kylián, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) ""The Little Mermaid"" (choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, music by Michael Moricz), opening with Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 choreographed by Clark Tippet, music by Max Bruch) Colorado Ballet's 2015-2016 season opened on October 2, 2015. ""La Sylphide"" (choreography by August Bournonville, music by Herman Severin Løvenskiold) ""The Nutcracker"" (choreography after Marius Petipa, music"
"Firebird"", ""The Sleeping Beauty"", and ""The Nutcracker"". He made complete recordings of all three of Tchaikovsky's ballets and Prokofiev's ""Romeo and Juliet"" with the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He became principal guest conductor of the Royal Ballet, London, in 1985. Ermler died after a rehearsal with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. His wife Dina and daughter Masha survived him. Mark Ermler Mark Fridrikhovich Ermler (; 5 May 193214 April 2002) was a Russian conductor. Mark Ermler was born in Leningrad in 1932. His parents were Vera Bakun, a film set designer, and Fridrikh Ermler, a film director."
"composed of three movements: The overall form of the Second Concerto is symmetrical—the tempo structure is ""fast-slow-fast-slow-fast""—in the Bartókian manner that has come to be identified as arch form. The first movement, marked ""Allegro"", is highlighted by the active, punctuating piano solo. The piano's quick, rhythmic pace and fragmentary scalar movement suggest the influence of Igor Stravinsky, and the ballet ""Petrushka"" (1910–11) in particular, while other characteristics point to ""The Firebird""; the main theme of the movement, introduced by the trumpets, is a reference to ""The Firebird""'s finale. The concerto is scored for an orchestra consisting of a solo piano,"
"Notes References Pierre Monteux Pierre Benjamin Monteux (; 4 April 18751 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in 1907. He came to prominence when, for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company between 1911 and 1914, he conducted the world premieres of Stravinsky's ""The Rite of Spring"" and other prominent works including ""Petrushka"", Ravel's ""Daphnis et Chloé"", and Debussy's ""Jeux"". Thereafter he directed orchestras around the world for more than half a century. From 1917 to 1919 Monteux"
"first scene of the ballet. The next part, ""Chez Pétrouchka"", is the second scene of the stage work, while the final movement, ""La semaine grasse"", includes the whole of the fourth scene up to the end of the Masqueraders section to which Stravinsky added an ending which he later incorporated in his 1947 revised version of the ballet for concert performances. He completed the three movements in August 1921 at Anglet, France. Stravinsky's goal in arranging ""Petrushka"" for the piano (along with ""Piano-Rag-Music"") was to attempt to influence Arthur Rubinstein into playing his music. (A 1961 live recording featuring Rubinstein"
"music by Johann Sebastian Bach; Fancy Free (ballet) choreographed by Jerome Robbins, music by Leonard Bernstein; and a new work) ""Peter and the Wolf"" (choreography by Michael Smuin, music by Sergei Prokofiev, opening with Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 choreographed by Clark Tippet, music by Max Bruch) ""Giselle"" (music by Adolphe Adam) ""The Nutcracker"" (music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) ""Cinderella"" (music by Prokofiev) ""Director's Choice"" (Traveling Alone choreographed by Amy Seiwert; Edwaard Liang’s Feast of the Gods; and a new work) ""The Sleeping Beauty"" (choreographed by Marius Petipa, music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) ""The Nutcracker"" (music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) Ballet MasterWorks (includes Igor"
"glowing if removed, and one feather can light a large room if not concealed. In later iconography, the form of the Firebird is usually that of a smallish fire-colored peacock, complete with a crest on its head and tail feathers with glowing ""eyes"". It is beautiful but dangerous, showing no sign of friendliness. The story of the Firebird inspired many literary works, including ""The Little Humpback Horse"" by Pyotr Yershov. The most famous production of the Firebird was by Sergei Diaghilev of Ballets Russes who commissioned composer Igor Stravinsky to create the enormously popular large-scale ballet score known as ""The"
"dance caused a riotous reaction at the Théâtre de Champs-Élysées when they premiered in Paris. In ""The Rite of Spring"" (""Le Sacre du Printemps""), with music by Igor Stravinsky (1913), Nijinsky created choreography that exceeded the limits of traditional ballet and propriety. The radically angular movements expressed the heart of Stravinsky's radically modern score. Violence broke out in the audience as ""The Rite of Spring"" premiered. The theme of the ballet, based on pagan myths, was a young maiden who sacrificed herself by dancing until she died. The theme, the difficult and challenging music of Stravinsky, and Nijinsky's choreography, led"
"many awards for his compositions, including the 2004 State Prize from the Russian Federation. Dmitri Pavlov (composer) Dmitri Aleksandrovich Pavlov is a Russian composer. He was born in St Petersburg in 1959, and graduated from St. Petersburg Conservatoire in 1982 class Theory and Composition. Acclaimed for his work as a film composer and perhaps best known for his score for the film The Cuckoo (Кукушка in Russian) directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin. Apart from music for film, Dmitri Pavlov has written for ballet, theatre and orchestra. He formed Pavlov Ballet in 1992, and also arranged for the 'Spirit of Mozart' concert"
"a transcendent performance. Segues were seamless, contrasts were vivid and Stravinsky’s whirling exchanges of voices were expertly choreographed.” Bernard’s complete recorded Beethoven symphony cycle was praised by ""Fanfare"" magazine for its “intensity, spontaneity, propulsive rhythm, textural clarity, dynamic control, and well-judged phrasing”. His recent premiere recording of a new edition of Stravinsky’s '""The Rite of Spring"" was praised by Gramophone as “committed and forceful…(with) thrilling moments”. David Bernard has worked closely with Clinton F. Nieweg, retired librarian of the Philadelphia Orchestra, on editing new editions of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” and “The Firebird Suite—1919 Version”, which has been published"
"Nadia Boulanger, Pablo Casals, Georges Enesco, Lily Laskine, Jacques Thibaud among many others. A great friend of Pierre Monteux, the latter engaged him in the orchestra of the Ballets Russes which he directed. He participated in several very important premieres by Igor Stravinsky: ""Petrushka"" in June 1911 at the Châtelet, ""The Nightingale"" in May 1914 and ""The Rite of Spring"" given at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 29 May 1913. It was the occasion of one of the most enormous chahuts of all time but also a cultural shock that was to radically transform the vision of the future of intellectuals"
"joining the Ballets Russes in 1909. Her rival, Tamara Karsavina (1885–1978), who also performed with the Ballets Russes, is remembered above all for creating the title role in Fokine's ""The Firebird"". Olga Spessivtseva (1895–1991) danced with the Mariinsky in Saint Petersburg but also toured with the Ballets Russes, dancing Aurora in Diaghilev's ""The Sleeping Princess"" (1921) in London. Ballet also began to develop in London, thanks mainly to the efforts of two women. Polish-born Marie Rambert (1888–1982) who had also gained experience with the Ballets Russes founded the Ballet Club (later the Rambert Dance Company) in 1926 introducing new choreographers"
"scale Rimsky-Korsakov created for the character Chernobog in his opera ""Mlada"". The Khorovod, meanwhile, uses the same folk tune Rimsky-Korsakov presented in his Sinfonietta, Op. 31. The ""Firebird"" has been restaged by many choreographers, including George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins (co-choreographers), Graeme Murphy, Alexei Ratmansky, and Yuri Possokhov. The ballet was revived in 1934 by Colonel Wassily de Basil's company, the Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo, in a production staged in London, using the original decor and costumes from Diaghilev's company. The company subsequently performed the ballet in Australia, during the 1936–37 tour. The work was staged by George Balanchine for"
"music by Philip Feeney) ""The Nutcracker"" (choreography after Marius Petipa, music by P. I. Tchaikovsky) ""Romeo and Juliet"" (choreography by Derek Deane, music by Sergei Prokofiev) ""Ballet Director's Choice"" (includes ""Pillar of Fire"" choreographed by Antony Tudor, music by Arnold Schoenberg; ""Brief Fling"" choreographed by Twyla Tharp, music by Michel Colombier and Percy Grainger; and a third work) Colorado Ballet's 2016-2017 season opened on October 7, 2016. ""Swan Lake"" (choreography after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov set and updated by former American Ballet Theatre principals Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner and Sandra Brown, Ballet Mistress for Colorado Ballet, music by"