Ritual Dances
composer: Sir Michael Tippett
from "The Midsummer Marriage"
for orchestra with optional SATB soloists and chorus
Premiere: February 13, 1953 · Conductor: Paul Sacher · Bassler Kammerorchester
February 13, 1953 Basel (CH) · Conductor: Paul Sacher · Basler Kammerorchester
Orchestra instrumentation: 2(pic).2.2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc(tri, cym, gong, b.d)-hp.cel-str
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 29' 0''
Year of composition: 1947/1952
Language: English
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Most composers, when writing for ballet, tend to produce more music than can actually be used by the choreographer. Writing The Midsummer Marriage I had exactly that experience. Cuts were essential in the Ritual Dances from Act II. But I soon came to the conclusion that they were an improvement, tightening up everything considerably. I have thus approved these cuts in all subsequent performances of the dances, whether in stage productions or in the concert hall. This published concert version of the Ritual Dances, incorporating the cuts, conforms fully with my intentions.
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Tippett · Piano Concerto · Ritual Dances (1999)
Sir Michael Tippett
Benjamin Frith (piano); BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, George Hurst (conductor)
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8.553591
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