Mikhail Kollontay
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The Birthday of the Infanta

for symphony orchestra (ballet)

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op.9 (1976-1979)

Other author(s): libretto by Gennady Abramov after the tale of Oscar Wilde

Scoring:
Picc/2fl/2Ob/2cl/Cl.es/2fg//
4cr/3trbe/3trne/Tuba//
Batt.I:Timp/Frusta/
Batt.II:Cassa/Raganella/
Batt.III:Tno/Cast/Legno/
Batt.IV:Tro/Tro rull/Ptto sospI/
Batt.V:Ptti/Ptto sospII/
Batt.VI:Clli/Sil/
Tam-tam//
Arpa//Cembalo (with microphone)//
Archi

Movements:
I scene
1. Introduction
2. Dance of Add and Coco
3. Dwarf
4. Code of dance of Add and Aoco with the Dwarf
5. Heralds' entrance
6. Scene (Heralds and Dwarf)

II scene
7. Pavane
8. Little Bullfight
9. Trained Monkeys
10. The game of Maid of Honor with Monkeys
11. Chaconne of the Infanta
12. Heralds' entrance
13. The appearance of the Dwarf
14. Dwarf
15. Laugh Dance

III scene
16. Monologue of the Dwarf
17. Passacaglia
18. Continuation of Dwarf's monologue

Theatralization: desirable

Duration: 45′

Performance: no information

Edition/Recordings
audio: Moscow Radio and TV Orchestra, conductor Alexei Kornienko, 2022-2023, Mosfilm tone studio, sound engineer Alexander Volkov, editing - Grigory Vasiliev; archive and author's website

music score: archive and author's website

orchestral parts:
scenes 1 and 3 - library of the Moscow Union of Composers (under the name "Spanish Dances and Passacaglia"), the author's library and website
2 scene: library and website of the author

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Mikhail Kollontay, 2008-2024