Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Serenade (1954)

for solo violin, strings, harp and percussion

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1954
    • Duration: 30 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Commission: Koussevitzky Foundation
    • Dedication: à la mémoire de Serge et Natalie Koussevitzky
Detailed formation
  • harp, timpani, 5 percussionists, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 9 September 1954
    Location:

    Italie, Venise, Teatro La Fenice


    Performers:

    Isaac Stern : violon, l'Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, direction : Leonard Bernstein.

Observations

Œuvre composée d'après Le Banquet de Platon.

Table of contents

I. Phaedrus : Pausanias ; II. Aristophanes ; III. Eryximachus ; IV. Agathon ; V. Socrates: Alcibiades.