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Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Ballet in three deals / Suite
Stage action devised by the composer in collaboration with M. Malayev
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They play for high stakes in Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Jeu de cartes, written for the first Stravinsky Festival mounted by George Balanchine for the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1937. Stravinsky, himself a keen poker player, invented an abstract drama for the various card ‘characters’, full of deceit and intrigue, which unfolds almost immediately on the card table as a ‘ballet in three deals’. At the start of each deal, the cards are shuffled in an ironic gesture, with the opposing hands played against each other in constantly changing combinations. The malicious joker interferes with the flow of the game several times by demonstrating his power, but can ultimately be defeated by a royal flush in hearts.
There is a lot of bluffing in this game, even with regard to the music: Stravinsky parodies and combines alienated fragments from Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Johann Strauss’ Fledermaus or musical allusions to Beethoven, Ravel and Tchaikovsky.
There is a lot of bluffing in this game, even with regard to the music: Stravinsky parodies and combines alienated fragments from Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Johann Strauss’ Fledermaus or musical allusions to Beethoven, Ravel and Tchaikovsky.
Orchestral Cast
2 (2. auch Picc.) · 2 (2. auch Engl. Hr.) · 2 · 2 - 4 · 2 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (gr. Tr.) - Str. (12 · 10 · 8 · 6 · 6)
Cast
(Die Karten eines Pokerspiels): 7 Tänzer - 8 Tänzerinnen
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Title:
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Ballet in three deals / Suite
Stage action devised by the composer in collaboration with M. Malayev
Les mouvements scéniques réalisés par l'auteur en collaboration avec M. Malaïeff
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1936
Duration:
23 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
April 27, 1937 · New York, NY (USA)
Metropolitan Opera
Conductor: Igor Strawinsky
Set design: Irene Sharaff · Choreography: George Balanchine · American Ballet
(scenic) (first scenic performance)
January 14, 1938 · Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy · The Philadelphia Orchestra
(concert) (world première of the suite)
Metropolitan Opera
Conductor: Igor Strawinsky
Set design: Irene Sharaff · Choreography: George Balanchine · American Ballet
(scenic) (first scenic performance)
January 14, 1938 · Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy · The Philadelphia Orchestra
(concert) (world première of the suite)
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Technical Details
Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LS 3859-01
Delivery rights:
Distribution rights for all countries except USA
Manufacturer:
Preview/Media Contents
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Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
September 27, 1988 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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Orchestra: Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra
September 25, 1988 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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Orchestra: Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra
September 24, 1988 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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Conductor: Yuzo Toyama
Orchestra: Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra
March 11, 1988 |
Nagoya (Japan) , Nagoya Shimin Kaikan
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Conductor: Naoto Otomo
Orchestra: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
February 16, 1988 |
Tokyo (Japan) , Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra
November 19, 1987 |
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Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Conductor: Yuzo Toyama
Orchestra: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
May 20, 1987 |
Tokyo (Japan) , Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
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Conductor: Ken Takaseki
Orchestra: Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
April 15, 1987 |
Hiroshima (Japan) , Hiroshima Kosei Nenkin Kaikan
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Conductor: Ken Takaseki
Orchestra: Toho Gakuen University Orchestra
November 13, 1986 |
Chofu (Japan) , Chofu-shi Green Hall
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra
September 15, 1986 |
Huddersfield (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Royal College of Music
May 21, 1986 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
April 23, 1986 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Goldsmiths Sinfonia
March 15, 1986 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra
January 17, 1985 |
(Ireland) — CD-Broadcast-TV-Production
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Orchestra: Wren Orchestra
November 20, 1984 |
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Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Sheffield Symphonic Orchestra
October 13, 1984 |
Sheffield (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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BBC Proms 1984
Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
August 21, 1984 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Royal Albert Hall
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Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
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