Word: sonata
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...Sonata for two pianos Bach Concerto No. 21 Mozart Concertino No. 1 Sapp Variations on a Theme of Beethoven Saint-Saens...
...opening Bach Sonata certainly cannot be considered among that composer's greatest works. Aside from the poignant Adagio, it's all pretty dull. There is none of the depth and vitality for which Bach's keyboard works are so noted, and the piece did not project very well via the medium of two grand pianos...
...left the ballet to fight with the Maquis during the war. At war's end he joined the small Soirées de la Danse, later the Ballet des Champs Elysées. He designed his first ballet for Nathalie-a duet to Beethoven's "Pathetique" piano sonata-and they were married shortly after. He "detests" classical duets-"too rigid, too formal. I always hate my partner." He particularly detests Nijinsky's famous Le Spectre de la Rose. "Even if you dance it well, everyone says, 'Oh, Nijinsky!": Both Babilées prefer comic or dramatic...
...view of the brevity of the pas de deux, however, Ashton's "Dante Sonata," to music by Franz Liszt, was the most important attraction of the evening. A great deal has been read into this ballet that was never intended by the choreographer, but Ashton's instinct toward the abstract rather than narrative form often makes such interpretation possible...
...Children of Light. Sophie Fedrovitch's decor and costumes are, above all, strikingly simple in design, admirably in keeping with the ballet. This simplicity, the pro-found moral and artistic purpose of Frederick Ashton's choreography, and the trained ability and conviction of the dancers, make "Dante Sonata" an impressively meaningful experience. "Dante Sonata" represents the Salder's Wells Ballet at its non-classical best...