Title: | Pulcinella |
Otros títulos: | Dumbarton Oaks Deux suites pour petit orchestre Dos Suites para Pequeña Orquesta |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Igor Strawinsky; Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure; Josep Pons |
Código CDU: | Str.02 |
Forma Musical: | Suites (Chamber orchestra), Ballets (Excerpts), Sonatas (Piano) |
Abstract: | Before World War I, Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes had enjoyed a tremendously rewarding relationship with Igor Stravinsky, both financially and artistically. In the aftermath of World War I, however, Stravinsky was struggling to adjust to his exile in Switzerland, and could think of nothing he wanted to compose or adapt for Diaghilev's use. Enterprisingly, Diaghilev presented Stravinsky with the work of the Baroque composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, with the idea that the composer could adapt the tunes into a ballet. When Stravinsky proved amenable to the idea, Diaghilev presented him with an old manuscript of Italian commedia dell'arte episodes featuring a heroine named Pulcinella, and suggested Stravinsky base the action on one of these stories. To sweeten the deal, Diaghilev assured Stravinsky that no less an artist than Pablo Picasso would design the sets, and that Léonide Massine, whom Stravinsky respected greatly, would choreograph. These inducements proved overwhelming, and ... |