Concert Band; Orchestra
2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.0:
Timp.Perc(2): Harp: Str
(4-4-3-3-3 in set)
SKU: AP.36-A888801
Arranged by Ludwig Minkus
and ed./arr. by William
McDermott/ Libretto by
Sergei Khudekov. Full
Orchestra, Conductor
Score. Kalmus Ballet
Library. Score.
LudwigMasters
Publications #36-A888801.
Published by
LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-A888801).
ISBN
9798888529911. UPC:
659359989490.
English.
The ballet
La Bayadère (The
Temple Dancer or The
Temple Maiden) was
created in 1877 for famed
French choreographer
Marius Petipa to music by
Ludwig Minkus
(1826-1917). In four act
and seven tableaux, the
ballet tells the story of
the bayadère Nikiya
and the warrior Solor,
lovers who are beset by
jealous rivals, arranged
marriages beyond their
control, murder, an
opium-fueled
hallucination of the
afterlife, and a vengeful
god that destroys the
temple and everybody in
it as revenge for
Nikiya's murder. It was
first performed on
February 4, 1877, by the
Imperial Ballet in St.
Petersburg, Russia. It
was hailed as a success
and masterpiece
immediately after the
premiere, particularly
The Kingdom of the Shades
scene in Act II, an
excerpt which remains a
major standalone work for
the ballet repertoire.
Modern performances of La
Bayadère are almost
always derived from a
1941 version sated for
the Kirov/Mariinsky
Ballet by Vladimir
Ponomarev and Vakhtang
Chabukiani, which
incorporates additional
music by Minkus, Drigo,
and Pugni. Act II takes
place after Nikiya is
killed by a concealed
venomous snake. A
depressed Solor smokes
opium, resulting in a
vision of Nikiya's spirit
dwelling in the Kingdom
of the Shades, a nirvana
in the Himalayas. The two
lovers reconcile among
the shades of other
bayadères in a Pas de
deux, then Solor is
awakened just in time for
his arranged marriage to
another woman. This
orchestration of Act II
has been completed by
William McDermott.
Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2:
4.2.3.0: Timp.Perc(2):
Harp: Str (4-4-3-3-3 in
set).
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