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Matinées musicales

Matinées musicales is a 1941 composition by Benjamin Britten using music composed by Gioachino Rossini in and around the 1830s. The suite is a successor to Britten's earlier suite based on Rossini, Soirées musicales (1937).

Matinées musicales
by Benjamin Britten
Formsuite
ComposedJune 1941
Performed27 June 1941

History edit

In 1935 Benjamin Britten had composed the music for a five-minute short film by Lotte Reininger, called The Tocher.[1] Using themes from works by Rossini composed a little over a century earlier, Britten wrote a score for boys' voices, woodwind, piano and percussion.[2] He later reworked the music for a full orchestra and added two more movements based on Rossini. The expanded suite, titled Soirées musicales, was premiered in 1937 and was used by the choreographer Antony Tudor for a new ballet, Soirée musicale, the following year.[3][4]

In 1941 Lincoln Kirstein wanted a new ballet for a South American tour by the American Ballet. Britten composed another suite after Rossini called Matinées musicales, joined it to the Soirées musicales music and added the overture to La Cenerentola as a finale. The resulting ballet, choreographed by George Balanchine, was called Divertimento.[5] The premiere of Soirées musicales had taken place close to home (London);[3][6] the first performance of the music of Matinées musicales took place on 27 June 1941 in the Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), under the ballet orchestra's conductor, Emanuel Balaban.[3]

Music edit

The music is inspired by compositions of Gioachino Rossini in the same way the Soirées were. And again there are five sections:

  1. March (from William Tell, act 1, "Pas de six")
  2. Nocturne (from Rossini's Soirées Musicales, nr. 10 "La pesca")
  3. Waltz (from Rossini's Soirées Musicales, nr. 4 "L'orgia")
  4. Pantomime (from Rossini's Soirées Musicales, nr. 2 "Il rimprovero")
  5. Moto perpetuo (Gorgheggi e solfeggi)

Orchestration edit

References and sources edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Tocher 2020-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, British Film Institute
  2. ^ Roseberry, pp. 234–235
  3. ^ a b c Brett, Philip, Heather Wiebe, Jennifer Doctor, Judith LeGrove, and Paul Banks. "Britten, (Edward) Benjamin", Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, 2001. Retrieved 15 June 2021 (subscription required) 15 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ All Star Dancing Matinee", The Times, 28 November 1938, p. 10
  5. ^ White, p. 40
  6. ^ "National Programme" 2021-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Times, 10 January 1937, p. 66

Sources edit

  • Roseberry, Eric (2008). "The concertos and early orchestral scores". In Mervyn Cooke (ed.). Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52-157476-1.
  • White, Eric W. (1983). Benjamin Britten: His Life and Operas. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-52-004893-5.

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