general information

composition date
1979
duration
20 min
Opus
36a

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Triple wind orchestra (or larger))

detailed formation

3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), 4 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, saxhorn [baryton], 3 trombones, tuba, 2 percussionists, guitar, harp

information about the creation

date
September 27, 1979

URSS, Léningrad

interpreters

l'Orchestre philharmonique de Léningrad, direction : Guénadi Rojdestvenski.

observations

Chostakovitch a sans doute réalisé lui-même une suite, jouée au festival international de musique de Léningrad au printemps 1935, sous la direction d'Alexandre Melik-Pachaïev. 

Part titles

  1. Ouverture (Allegro non troppo)
  2. Procession des obscurantistes (Moderato)
  3. Manège (Allegretto)
  4. Scène au bazar (Allegro)
  5. Dialogue entre Balda et le petit diable (Allegro)
  6. Le Rêve du pope (Moderato)
  7. Finale [n° 1, Ouverture] (Allegro non troppo)

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