Serge Prokofiev (1890-1953)

Suite nuptiale (1951)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1951
    • Duration: 20 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 126
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 12 December 1951
    Location:

    URSS, Moscou


    Performers:

    Samuel Samossoud, direction.

Observations

D'après le ballet La Fleur de pierre.

Table of contents

1. Danse romantique

2. Danse des amies de la fiancée

3. Danse des jeunes filles

4. Danse rituelle

5. Danse nuptiale