Matinées musicales
(1941) 24Second Suite of Five Movements from Rossini
Duration: 13'
Scoring
2(II=picc).2.2.2-4(2).2.3.1(0)-timp.perc(2):cyms/tgl/wdbl/BD/SD/tamb/
TD-harp(pft)-cel(ad lib or pft)-strings
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Repertoire Note
Matinées musicales was composed as a companion piece to the immensely popular Soirées musicales at the request of Lincoln Kirstein and the American Ballet Company. It draws on similar source material to its predecessor, and the ‘double bill’ was choreographed by Balanchine in 1941.
