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Author Torke, Michael

Title An Italian straw hat : excerpts from Michael Torke's music for a ballet by James Kudelka
Published [New York, N.Y.] : Ecstatic Records, [2005]
©2005

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Contents ACT ONE. Opening: Virginia and Felix polishing the glassware ; Love theme ; Horse duet (6:34) -- Emile and Anaïs sneak off ; Their duet (3:13) -- Ferdinand solo (2:12) -- Fashion show (3:14) -- Ferdinand attempts to play violin ; Suddenly he is a virtuoso ; Baroness looks on with approval ; Wedding guests arrive ; Country folk in awe ; Ferdinand keeps playing pretending he is Nisnardi ; Ferdinand makes his exit (7:58) -- ACT TWO. First chase (2:53) -- Emile and Anaïs duet (3:55) -- Chez Monsieur Beaujolais ; Third chase (2:58) -- Felix and Virginia duet (2:53) -- Top of the Eiffel Tower (1:30) -- Ferdinand's apartment (5:38) -- Country folk arrive ; Cavalry arrives ; Arrest music ; Vezinet music ; Surprise gift (6:42) -- Pas de deux, Ferdinand and Hélène (3:58) -- Coda ; Guests reassemble for the wedding ; Wedding bells ; Reception (4:36)
Notes Ballet libretto by Timothy Luginbuhl, based on the play by Eugene Labiche and Marc Michel
Performer National Ballet of Canada Orchestra ; Ormsby Wilkins, conductor
Event Recorded Dec. 2004 at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
Notes Hard copy version record
Subject Ballets -- Excerpts.
Ballets -- Excerpts.
Genre/Form Streaming audio
excerpts.
Excerpts.
Excerpts.
Extraits.
Form Streaming audio
Author Kudelka, James
Luginbuhl, Timothy
Michel, Marc, 1812-1868.
Wilkins, Ormsby
Labiche, Eugène, 1815-1888. Chapeau de paille d'Italie.
National Ballet of Canada. Orchestra.
Other Titles Italian straw hat. Selections