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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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Description
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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Keywords:
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: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra
January 30, 1974 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
October 3, 1973 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra
September 5, 1973 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Trinity College of Music Symphony Orchestra
November 27, 1972 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Royal College of Music
October 24, 1972 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra
June 28, 1972 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: North Wiltshire Orchestra
November 10, 1971 |
North Wiltshire (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
December 10, 1970 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) — CD-Broadcast-TV-Production
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
June 16, 1970 |
Wales (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
December 31, 1969 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) — CD-Broadcast-TV-Production
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra
November 16, 1969 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra
November 15, 1969 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
January 28, 1969 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) — CD-Broadcast-TV-Production
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
September 13, 1968 |
Wales (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
May 15, 1968 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: University of London Orchestra
March 2, 1968 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: Oxford University Sinfonietta
March 2, 1968 |
Oxford (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
February 1, 1968 |
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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