Serge Prokofiev (1890-1953)

Lieutenant Kijé (1934)

symphonic suite based on the soundtrack of the film

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1934
    • Duration: 21 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 60
Detailed formation
  • baritone [ad lib] , 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, tenor saxophone, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, percussionist, harp, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 21 December 1934
    Location:

    URSS, Radio de Moscou. 


Table of contents

  • 1. Birth of Kijé 
  • 2. Romance 
  • 3. Wedding of Kijé
  • 4. Troika 
  • 5. Funeral of Kijé