general information

composition date
1914-1915
duration
20 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Opus
20

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Orchestral music)

detailed formation

3 flutes (also alto flute), piccolo, 3 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet), bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, 8 horns, 5 trumpets (also trumpet [en mi bémol]), 4 trombones, tuba, percussionist, 2 harp, celesta, piano, strings

information about the creation

date
January 29, 1916

Pétrograd, Théâtre Mariinsky

interpreters

l’Orchestre du Conservatoire de Pétrograd, Serge Prokofiev, direction. 

Part titles

  • 1. L'adoration de Vélèss et de Ala
  • 2. Le dieu ennemi et la danse des esprits noirs
  • 3. La nuit
  • 4. Le départ glorieux de Lolly et le cortège du Soleil

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