Release Date
January 5, 2011
Description
Music for the ballet New Work by Edouard Lock, for La La La Human Steps. For 4 players: saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor/baritone), viola, cello, piano
Gavin’s Notes:
The music for Dido and Orfeo involves a reworking of music from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, just as my previous collaboration with Edouard Lock, Amjad, took the Romantic ballet – Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty as its source.
The music is for a small ensemble, four players, playing saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor/baritone), viola, cello and piano. The original performance and subsequent touring performances, were directed by pianist Njo Kong Kie, who also directed Amjad. The other performers were viola (Jennifer Thiessen, who also performed with Amjad), cello (Jean-Christophe Lizotte) and saxophones (Ida Toninato – who plays soprano, alto and tenor saxophones. I subsequently replaced the tenor with baritone sax, as this is Ida’s preferred instrument).
This is the third of my collaborations with Edouard, all of which have involved references to earlier music, and we plan more for the future.
Sequence of works
(Purcell: Dido)
I Overture
II Banish Sorrow
III Ah, Belinda
IV Cupid only
V To the hills
VI The Triumphing dance
VII Prelude for the witches
VIII In our deep vaulted cell
IX Thanks to the lonesome vales
X Oft she visits – not used in dance
XI Haste haste
XII Dido’s lament
XIII With drooping wings
XIV After the Witches’ Prelude
(Gluck: Orfeo))
XV (XIV) Che Piangendo – not used in dance
XVI (XIVA) Pantomime
XVII (XIVB) Ah, si intorno
XVIII (XVIC) Chiamo il mio ben cosi – not used in dance
XIX (XV) Dance of the Furies
XX (XVI) Ah quale incognito
XXI (XVIA) Men Tiranne
XXII (XVII) Dance A
XXIII (XVIII) Dance B
XXIV (XIX) Air
XXV (XX) Dance of the Heros – not used in dance
XXVI (XXI) Vieni a regni
XXVII Che faro senza Euridice (not used in dance)
XXVIII (XXII) Sposa
XXIX (XXIII) Si Aspetta
XXX (XXIV) Trio
Dance Sequence
In the dance performance the sequence was sllghtly different, and some numbers were not used
(Purcell: Dido)
I Overture
II Banish Sorrow
III Ah, Belinda
V To the hills
VII Prelude for the witches
VIII In our deep vaulted cell
XI Haste haste
VI The Triumphing dance
IX Thanks to the lonesome vales
IV Cupid only
XVIII Dance B (from Orfeo, not Dido))
XIII With drooping wings
XII Dido’s lament
After the Witches’ Prelude (film)
(Gluck: Orfeo)
XIX Air
XIVA Pantomime
XIVB Ah, si intorno
XV Dance of the Furies
XVI Ah quale incognito
XVII Dance A
XXI Vieni a regni
XXII Sposa
XVIA Men Tiranne
XXIV Trio
GB with quartet at BBC Radio 3