Nijinski - Gala XIX Sunday 27 June 1993 Nijinski - Gala XIX Sunday 27 June 1993
This program is from 1993 Year Book.
Speech :
Professor August Everding ( General Director od Bayerrischen Staatsoper)
Dr. Christina Weiss ( Praeses der Kulturbehoerde der Freien und Hansestadt
Hamburg )
Natalia Makarova
conductor : Vello Paehen and Gregor Buehl
orchestra : Philharmonische Staasorchester
alt : Eva Maria Tersson
violin : Peter Zazovsky
violoncello : Thomas Tyllack
piano : Marco Antonio de Almeida and Volker Banfield
| I | ||
| an Extract from Desir |
musicF Alexander Skryabin choreography : John Neumeier premiere : 9 Sep. 1973, Hamburg ballet, Hamburg created for : Viollete Verdy, Jean Pierre Bonnefous dancers of premiere : Marina Eglevsky, Salvatore Aiello piano : Marco Antonio de Almeida |
Lynne Charles Francois Klaus* *director of ballet of Stadttheater of Bern |
| Pas de deux from Daphnis and Chloe |
music : Maurice Ravel choreography : John Neumeier costume : Juergen Rose premiere : 2 Jan. 1972 Frankfurt Ballet, Opernhaus premiere in Hamburg : 18 Oct. 1973, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staatsoper premiere in Austria : 22 Jan. 1983, Wiener Staatsopernballet soloists of premiere : Marianne Kruuse, Truman Finney |
Christine Gaugusch Christian Musil Wiener Staatsopernballett |
| Pas de deux created for two couples from Windows on Mozart : Aloysia - Constanze |
music : Max Reger, Ludwig van Beethoven choreography : John Neumeier premiere : 19 April 1991, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staatsoper piano : Volker Banfield violoncello : Thomas Tyllack |
Stefanie Arndt and Jean Laban Chantal Lefevre and Eric Miot |
| Pas de deux from The Flower Festival in Genzano |
music : Edvard Helstedt, Holger Simon Paulli choreography : August Bournonville premiere : 19 Dec. 1859, Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen |
Henriette Muus Lloyd Riggins Royal Danish Ballet |
| Pas de deux from Peer Gtnt |
music : Alfred Schnittke choreography : John Neumeier costume : Juergen Rose premiere : 22 Jan. 1989, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staasoper premiere in Sweden : 13 Nov. 1992, Royal Swedish Ballet, Stockholm soloists of premiere : Gigi Hyatt, Ivan Liska |
Johanna Bjoernson Goeran Svalberg Royal Swedish Ballet |
| My Way | music : Frank Sinatra choreography : Stepfan Thoss premiere : 27 June 1989, Palucca School Dresden, Semperoper |
Stephan Thoss Raymond Hilbert Dresden Ballet |
| Pas de deux from As You Like it |
music : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart choreography : John Neumeier costume : Klaus Hellenstein premiere : 13 July 1985, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staatsoper premiere in Finland : 26 Mar.1992, Finnish National Ballet, Helsinki soloists in premiere : Lynne Charles, Ivan Liska |
Susanna Vironmeaki Sampo Kivela Finnish National Ballet |
| Pas de duex from The Lady of the Camellias ( Die Kameliendame ) |
music : Frederic Chopin choreogrphy : John Neumeier costume : Juergen Rose premiere : 4 Nov. 1978 Stuttgart Ballet, Grosses Haus premiere in Hamburg : 31 Jan. 1981 Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staatsoper soloists of premiere : Marcia Haydee, Egon Madsen piano : Volker Banfield |
Elizabeth Platel** Ivan Liska ** Ballet de l'Opera de Paris |
| Pas de deux from Giselle |
music : Adolphe Adam choreography : Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot premiere : 28 June 1841, Ballet de l'Opera de Paris dancers of premiere : Carlotta Grisi, Lucien Petipa |
Cynthia Harvey, Guillaum Graffin American ballet Theater |
| Urlicht | music : Gustav Mahler choreography : William Forsythe premiere : 18 Nov. 1976, Noverre-Society, Stuttgart, Grossas Haus dancers of premiere : Eileen Brady, William Forsythe alt : Eva Maria Tersson |
Margaret Illumann Graeme Mears National Ballet of Canada |
| an Extract from Vaslaw |
music : Johann Sebastian Bach choreography : John Neumeier premiere : 21 July 1979, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staatsoper premiere in France : 31 Oct. 1980, Ballet de l'Opera de Paris soloists of premiere : Patrick Dupond, Lucia Montagnon, Egon Madsen, Colleen Scott, Lynne Charles, Persephone Samaropoulo, Kevin haigen, Eugen Ivanics, Roy Wierzbicki |
Patrick Dupond Anna Polikarpova Denis Feuillette Theater Class Students of Hamburg Ballet School |
| II | ||
| 2nd Movement from Now and Then for Jeffrey*** |
music : Maurice Ravel choreography : John Neumeier costume : Zack Brown premiere : 24 Feb. 1993 National ballet of Canada, Tronto piano : Volker Banfield |
Karen Kain & Graeme Mears Margaret Illmann & Jeremy Ranson Caroline Richardson & Nils-Bertil Wallin National Ballet of Canada |
| Bernstein - Serenade | music : Leonard Bernstein Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" for Solo-Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion Five Anniversaries for Piano choreography : John Neumeier moving object : Peter Preller costume : John Neumeier premiere : 27 June 1993, Nijinsky-Gala XIX, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staatsoper violin : Peter Zazovsky piano : Marco Antonio de Alameida |
Heather Jurgensen & Ivan Liska Gigi Hyatt & Janusz Mazon Bettina Beckmann & Andres Hellstroem Patrick Becker Ensemble of Hamburg Ballet |
| III | ||
| one suite from Bach Suite - 2 |
music : Johann Sebastian Bach choreography : John Neumeier premiere : 18 May 1980, Bavarian State Ballet, Muenchen premiere in Hamburg : 28 June 1981, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staatsoper soloists of premiere : Joyce Cuoco, Ulrich Busse |
Christina McDermott & Oliver Wehe**** Emmanuelle Broncin, Laura Cazzaniga, Joelle Henry Kim David McCarthy, Tomi Paasonen Radik Zaripov ****Bavarian State Ballet |
| an extract from Don Quixote |
music : Richard Strauss choreography : John Neumeier costume : Marco Arturo Marelli premiere : 18 Juli 1979, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staatsoper soloists of premiere : Max Midinet, Beatrice Cordua, Roy Wierzbicki |
Vladimir Derevianko Beatrice Cordua Kevin Haigen Theater Class Students of Hamburg Ballet School |
| Pas de deux from A Streetcar Named Desire |
music : Alfred Schnittke choreography : John Neumeier premiere : 3 Dec.1983, Stuttgart Ballet, Grosses House premiere in Hamburg : 30 April 1987, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staatsoper |
Marcia Haydee Richard Cragun Stuttgart Ballet |
| Pas de deux from Onegin |
music : Peter I. Tschaikovsky / Karl Heinz Stolze choreography : John Cranko costume : Juergen Rose premiere : 13 April 1965, Stuttgart Ballet, Grosses House soloists of premiere : Marcia Haydee, Ray Barra |
Carla Fracci Rex Harinton***** *****National Ballet of Canada |
| 4th & 5th movements from Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler |
music : Gustav Mahler choreography & set : John Neumeier premiere of 4th movement "Epilog" : 8 July 1975, ABT, New York premiere of Symphony : 19 April 1989, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburgische Staatsoper dancers of premiere in New York : Natalia Makarova, Erik Bruhn soloists of premiere in Hamburg : Gigi Hyatt, Ivan Liska |
Anna Grabka Gamal Gouda Hamburg Ballet Ensemble |
***Jeffrey Kirk was a first soloist of Hamburg Ballet, and also a teacher of the school. He died on 19 May 1992. I can remember his documentary film " Tod und Leben...(Sorry I can't remember the title exactly)" which he wanted that a TV director filmed how he was candidly after the AIDS had emerged. That TV film moved me so much that I hope a japanese TV station will broadcast it.