Di Flauto Traverso, Erstdruck. Par PICCINNI NICCOLO. Fl Orch/ RĂ©pertoire / Orchestre

Caroline Mathilde Act I (Concert Suite)-The story centres on the English princess Caroline Mathilde (1751-1775) sister of George III who at the age of 15 was sent to Denmark to marry the 17-year-old eccentric and schizophrenic Danish King Christian VII. The balletportrays her unhappy marriage the King's growing madness and her fatal love-affair with Struensee the King's influential physician which leads to their arrest his execution and her exile at the age of 20 separated from hertwo young children. In keeping with the period and perhaps also with the traditions of Romantic ballet the music is relatively simple in harmony and form and most of the action is conveyed in set-piece dances. The suite which consists essentially of the second half of Act I begins with one of these a bristling interplay of wind and string ensembles in D major portraying in the ballet a curious nuptial game with the king and princess on movablepedestals. The slow music that follows has to do with the king's healing by Dr. Struensee and the new queen's unquiet reverie (oboe and cor anglais solos). Then the suite like the act is capped by a pair of pas-de-deux thefirst savage and bizarre for the royal couple the second rich and passionate for the queen and the miracle-working doctor.Score (miniature). Duration c. 25mins.

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Leonardo a été initialement écrit pour la télévision. Au cours des années 1980, j'ai été impliqué dans un projet BBC pour faire un film sur Léonard de Vinci, avec une attention particulière à son influence sur la technologie du 20e siècle et la philosophie. Comme un artiste visuel, mais celui qui a été à l'origine une formation de physicien, toute personne qui est la vie-travail travées et fait converger les arts avec les sciences est fascinant pour moi. Edward Cowie 2010. / Orchestre / 116 pages / Partition