| Dante
Sonata
(D'après une lecture de Dante)
M Franz Liszt, orchestrated by Constant Lambert (Fantaisie, quasi Sonate:
d'après une lecture de Dante, from Années de Pélérinage:
Seconde Année--Italie, 1848)
SC Sophie Fedorovitch, after John Flaxman (1755-1826)
D Children of Light*: Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, Julia Farron, Michael
Somes; Children of Darkness*: June Brae, Joy Newton, Robert Helpmann;
and corps de ballet
FP Vic-Wells Ballet, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 23 January 1940
*These designations
did not appear in the opening night programme but were added later.
ST Sadler's Wells
Ballet; D Children of Light: Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, David Paltenghi;
Children of Darkness: Beryl Grey, Robert Helpmann; FP Royal Opera House,
London, 20 March 1946
ST Royal Ballet; Tribute
to Sir Frederick Ashton; solo for Pamela May only; D Monica Mason; Royal
Opera House, London, 24 July 1970
ST Ballet
for All; excerpt only; FP Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 13 October 1972
NP Birmingham Royal
Ballet; R Jean Bedells, Pauline Clayden, Pamela May:
D Children of Light: Monica Zamora, Andrea Tredinnick, Wolfgang Stollwitzer
Children of Darkness: Asya Verzhbinsky, Dominic Antonucci
FP Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, 14 April 2000
The
Wise Virgins
M Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Constant Lambert, orchestrated by
William Walton
(1 Cantata 140: Wachet auf (final chorale)
2 Cantata 142: Dein Geburstag ist erschienen (bass aria)
3 Cantata 99: Was Gott tut (opening chorus)
4 Organ Chorale BWU 727: Herzlich tutmir verlangen
5 Cantata 85: Ich bin ein guter Hirt (tenor aria), Seht, was die Liebe
tut
6 Cantata 26: Ach wie flüchtig (opening chorus)
7 Cantata 208: Was mir behagt (soprano aria), Schafe, können sicher
weiden
8 As 3, with different scoring, orchestrated to two ritornelli without
chorale
9 Cantata 129: Gelobet sei der Herr (concluding chorale setting)
Curtain SC Rex Whistler
D The Bridegroom: Michael Somes; The Bride: Margot Fonteyn; The Father:
Claude Newman; The Mother: Annabel Farjeon; Wise Virgins: Julia Farron,
Olive Deacon, Joan Leaman, Joan Sheldon, Palma Nye; Foolish Virgins: Mary
Honer, Elizabeth Kennedy, Joy Newton, Patricia Garnett, Jean Bedells;
Angels: Richard Ellis, John Hart, Leslie Edwards, Leo Young, Stanley Hall;
Cherubs: Deryk Mendel, Margaret Dale, Guineverre Parry, Mavis Jackson
FP Vic-Wells Ballet, Sadler's Wells Theatre, 24 April 1940
ST Royal Ballet; Tribute
to Sir Frederick Ashton; solo for the Bride only; D Margot Fonteyn, who
danced it again on other occasions; Royal Opera House, London, 24 July
1970
ST Ballet for All;
solo for the Bride only; FP Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 13 October 1972
copyright
© 2004 by David Vaughan
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