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composer: Igor Stravinsky

composed for a young elephant

Symphonic version for Orchestra

Premiere: January 13, 1944 Cambridge, MA, Sanders Theatre (USA) · Conductor: Igor Strawinsky · Boston Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra instrumentation: Picc. · 1 · 2 · 2 · 2 - 4 · 2 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Beck. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr.) (2 Spieler) - Str.
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 4' 0''
Year of composition: 1942
Edition: full score
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L'Oiseau de feu - The Firebird

Stravinsky had recently settled into his Hollywood exile when choreographer George Balanchine commissioned him to write a short ballet to accompany the Barnum and Bailey Circus’ baby-elephant act. Circus Polka was the result and was performed more than 400 times with the circus. To this day it hasn’t lost any of its charm!

Show past performances

Orquestra Gulbenkian - Barbara Hannigan Grande Auditório - Lisboa - Portugal

Penrith Symphony Orchestra - Paul Terracini Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre - Penrith, NSW - Australia

Dante Anzolini Opernhaus - Düsseldorf - Germany