SKU: PR.411411640

ISBN 9781491137642. UPC: 680160691098. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis novel by Giorgio Bassani.

Based on Bassani’s 1962 novel, THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS dramatizes the true story of a prosperous Jewish family’s disruptions and consequences from state-mandated antisemitism in Italy during World War II. Gordon describes the opera as “romantic, sun-drenched, and cataclysmic, all at the same time.” This dramatically topical and personal grand opera premiered at New York City Opera and National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene to rave reviews in 2022. Chris Ruel wrote in OperaWire, “I have chosen Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie’s THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS as my favorite opera of 2022.”.
At one point, in 2008, I was walking down 72nd Street, and I passed the video store, (this is when there were video stores) and I thought to myself, I wonder if Kevin (my partner) has ever seen The Garden of the Finzi-Continis? which was always one of my favorite movies. My reaction when we watched it that night was unlike any other time I had seen it. I was wrenched, sobbing, inconsolable. My heart felt like the autumn leaves we see blowing through the garden at the end of the movie. It seemed immediately that this had to be my next opera. I called Michael Korie, and we both bought the Bassani novel and read it. We settled on it. It felt clear that we both had a collective story to tell through it.Because this opera is so close to both of our hearts, it is dedicated to our fathers.It is not only that The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a Holocaust story that makes it so resonant for me, though obviously this is no small matter, but the tragedy of people trying to live their lives, or actually living them, their petty disappointments, their heartbreaks, against the backdrop of total catastrophe… that makes it so moving. They cannot possibly imagine what will befall them, but we know… and this makes their every move fascinating and devastating… like watching moths under a glass. It is romantic, sun-drenched and cataclysmic, all at the same time.This is why I had to write it.

SKU: BT.DHP-1115074-050

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.

Ravel's ballet, Daphnis and Chloé, was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered with the Ballets Russes in Paris in 1912. The ballet is now rarely performed, but its Suite No. 2 remains popular. It consists of three movements, Lever du jour, Pantomime and Danse générale, that are played without interruption. Tohru Takahashi makes no compromises in his transcription, which calls for at least 60 musicians and an optional mixed chorus!

De Suite Nr. 2 uit Daphnis and Chloe bevat de muziek uit het derde deel van het ballet en bestaat uit de delen Lever du jour, Pantomime en Danse générale. Zonder onderbreking worden deze na elkaar gespeeld.In zijn nieuwe transcriptie voor blaasorkest deed Tohru Takahashi geen enkele concessie. Om het werk precies volgens de partituur uit te voeren, hebt u een orkestbezetting van zestig of meer muzikanten nodig. Een gemengd kooris ook wenselijk, maar dankzij de stichnoten (cue notes) is het werk ook zonder koor uit te voeren.

Die Suite Nr. 2 aus Daphnis and Chloe enthält die Musik aus dem dritten Teil des Balletts und besteht aus den drei Sätzen Lever du jour, Pantomime und Danse générale, die ohne Unterbrechung nacheinander gespielt werden. In seiner neuen Blasorchester-Transkripti on ging Tohru Takahashi keinerlei Kompromisse ein. Um das Werk gemä� der Partitur aufzuführen, ist eine Orchesterstärke von 60 oder mehr Musikern, sowie ein gemischter Chor erforderlich; dank der Stichnoten ist es auch ohne Chor spielbar.

La Suite n°2 correspond au troisième tableau du ballet Daphnis et Chloé. Lever du jour, Pantomime et Danse générale sont interprétés sans interruption. Cette nouvelle transcription pour orchestre d'harmonie ne fait aucun compromis. Non seulement il vous faudra réunir un ensemble de 60 musiciens ou plus afin de respecter la partition, mais un choeur mixte est également essentiel. Cependant, si les notes secondaires (ou petites notes) sont jouées par les musiciens, le choeur est alors ad libitum.

La Suite Nr. 2 da Daphnis and Chloe contiene la musica della terza parte del balletto. Essa è composta da tre movimenti: Lever du jour, Pantomine e Danse générale, eseguite senza interruzione. Nella sua nuova trascrizione per banda, TohruTakahashi non è sceso a compromessi: per eseguire il brano sono necessari 60 o più musicisti come anche un coro misto. Se però le note secondarie (o piccole te), sono eseguite dai musicisti, il coro diventa ad libitum.