Birthday Offering
























Birthday Offering
Choreographer Frederick Ashton
Music
Alexander Glazunov, arranged by Robert Irving
Premiere 5 May 1956
Royal Opera House, London
Original ballet company Sadler's Wells Ballet

Birthday Offering is a pièce d'occasion in one scene choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music by Alexander Glazunov, arranged by Robert Irving.[1] The ballet was created in 1956, to celebrate the Royal Ballet’s 25th anniversary. The first performance took place on 5 May 1956 at the Royal Opera House, London.



Original cast




  • Margot Fonteyn

  • Beryl Grey

  • Violetta Elvin

  • Nadia Nerina

  • Rowena Jackson

  • Svetlana Beriosova

  • Elaine Fifield

  • Michael Somes

  • Alexander Grant

  • Brian Shaw

  • Philip Chatfield

  • David Blair

  • Desmond Doyle

  • Bryan Ashbridge



Source:[2]



Order of numbers


In a sumptuous setting, seven couples make a grand entrance, then the women perform a series of seven solo variations. The men dance a bravura mazurka, the principal couple performs an elegant pas de deux, and the ballet ends with a final waltz for the entire ensemble.[3]



  1. Overture: "L'Eté" from The Seasons, Op. 67

  2. Valse de concert No. 1, Op. 47

  3. Pas d'action from Scènes de ballet, Op. 52, and Coda from Ruses d'amour, Op. 61

  4. 1st variation: "Marionettes" from Scènes de ballet

  5. 2nd variation: "La Givre" from The Seasons

  6. 3rd variation: "La Glace" from The Seasons

  7. 4th variation: "La Grêle" from The Seasons

  8. 5th variation: "La Neige" from The Seasons

  9. 6th variation: "L'Eté" from The Seasons

  10. 7th variation: from Ruses d'amour

  11. Mazurka, Op. 25 No. 3, (orchestrated by Robert Irving)

  12. Pas de deux; "Grand pas des fiancées" from Ruses d'amour

  13. Finale: Valse de concert No. 1, reprise



References


Notes





  1. ^ "Birthday Offering — Productions — Royal Opera House". roh.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-26..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Frederick Ashton and His Ballets - 1956". ashtonarchive.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31. dead link


  3. ^ Matthew Naughtin, Ballet Music, 2014, p. 165.



Sources


  • Naughtin, Matthew (2014). Ballet Music. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
    ISBN 978-0-8108-8659-9







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