Brandenburg (ballet)
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Brandenburg is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
to music from Bach's
Brandenburg Concertos
(1718–1720):
The premiere took place on January 22, 1997, at the New York State Theater
, Lincoln Center
, with costumes by Holly Hynes
and lighting by Jennifer Tipton
.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins was an American theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and directed/produced for television. His work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater...
to music from Bach's
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
Brandenburg Concertos
Brandenburg concertos
The Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721 . They are widely regarded as among the finest musical compositions of the Baroque era...
(1718–1720):
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 Allegro (1st movement)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 Adagio (1st movement)
- Sonata for violin & basso continuo in G major BWV 1021 largo (2nd movement)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 Allegro (3rd movement)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047 Andante (2nd movement)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046 Menuetto – Trio – Polacca (4th movement)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major BWV 1051 Allegro (3rd movement)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046 Menuetto – Trio – Polacca (4th movement)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047 Andante (2nd movement)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 Allegro (3rd movement)
- Sonata for violin & basso continuo in G major BWV 1021 largo (2nd movement)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 Adagio (1st movement)
The premiere took place on January 22, 1997, at the New York State Theater
David H. Koch
David Hamilton Koch is an American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer. He is a co-owner and an executive vice president of Koch Industries, a conglomerate that is the second-largest privately held company in the U.S...
, Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
, with costumes by Holly Hynes
Holly Hynes
Holly Hynes is an accomplished costume designer with over 170 ballets to her credit, including more than 60 at New York City Ballet. Ms. Hynes' designs are also on view in companies around the world, including American Ballet Theatre; National Ballet of Canada; The Kirov Ballet of St...
and lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Jennifer Tipton
Jennifer Tipton is a lighting designer. She has designed for dance, theater and opera.In 1958, she graduated from Cornell University...
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- Lourdes Lopez
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2008 Winter
- Ashley Bouder
- Maria KowroskiMaria KowroskiMaria Kowroski is a principal ballerina at the New York City Ballet.Ms. Kowroski's training in ballet began at the School ofthe Grand Rapids Ballet and subsequently the School of American Ballet in 1992; became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 1994 and joined the corps de ballet in 1995....
- Gonzalo Garcia
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2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins celebration
- Ashley Bouder
- Janie Taylor
- Gonzalo Garcia
- Philip NealPhilip NealPhilip Neal was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After six years of study there, Edward Villella arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet...
Articles
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E7D71730F93AA35750C0A961958260NY Times, Anna KisselgoffAnna KisselgoffAnna Kisselgoff is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for the New York Times. She began at the Times as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she held until 2005...
, March 9th, 1997]
Reviews
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E2DB1F39F935A25752C0A96E958260NY Times, Jack AndersonJack Anderson (dance critic)Jack Anderson is an American dance critic and author. Since 1978, he has been a contributor of dance reviews and other articles in The New York Times...
, January 16th, 1998]