Amjad
composer: Gavin Bryars
musical motifs: Peter Iljitsch Tchaikovsky
ballet music after Tchaikovsky for 2 violas, cello and piano
original choreography by Édouard Lock
Premiere: April 20, 2007 Ottawa, ON, Centre National des Arts (CDN) "Amjad" · Jill Van Geeand and Jennifer Thiessen, violas; Élisabeth Giroux, violoncello; Njo Kong Kie, piano · Choreography: Edouard Lock · La la la Human Steps (scenic performance)
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 90' 0''
Year of composition: 2007
Edition: performance material
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Description
The starting point for Édouard Lock's ballet for La La La Human Steps was those moments that one might call "iconic" in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty. I was given a list of pieces from the ballet suites and asked if I could take this music and restructure it, while retaining the essence of the original music. My aim was to find a balance between providing a direct and recognizable reference to the Tchaikovsky source and my own compositional idiom. (Gavin Bryars)
Content
I Swan Lake no. 2, Tempo di Valse
II Swan lake no. 4, Pas de Trois
III Swan Lake no. 5, Pas de Deux
IV Swan Lake no. 6, Pas d'action - V Swan Lake no. 9, Finale - VI Swan Lake no. 11, Scène
VII Swan Lake no. 13b, Danse des Cygnes
VIII Swan Lake no. 13, Danse des Cygnes
IX Swan Lake no. 13f, Danse des Cygnes
X Swan Lake no. 17, Sortie des Invités et Valse
XI Swan Lake no. 29, Scène Finale. Andante
XII Sleeping Beauty no. 8, "Rose Adagio"
XIII Sleeping Beauty Act II, no. 15, Pas d'action - XIV Sleeping Beauty Act 2, no. 17, Panorama
XV Sleeping Beauty no. 18 Entr'acte
XVI Sleeping Beauty Act 2, no. 28, Pas de Deux
Sound Clips
Bryars (after Tchaikovsky) · Amjad for 2 violas, cello and double bass (XVI Sleeping Beauty Act 3, no. 28, Pas de Deux) · sound clip
Recordings
Amjad (2008)
Gavin Bryars
Jennifer Thiessen, viola; Jill Van Gee, viola; Elisabeth Giroux, cello; Njo Kong Kie, piano
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