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Birthday Offering

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Original cast
Order of numbers
References

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Birthday Offering is a pièce d'occasion in one scene choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music by Alexander Glazunov, arranged by Robert Irving.^[1] The ballet was created in 1956, to celebrate the Royal Ballet’s 25th anniversary. The first performance took place on 5 May 1956 at the Royal Opera House, London.

Original cast

Margot Fonteyn
Beryl Grey
Violetta Elvin
Nadia Nerina
Rowena Jackson
Svetlana Beriosova
Elaine Fifield
Michael Somes
Alexander Grant
Brian Shaw
Philip Chatfield
David Blair
Desmond Doyle
Bryan Ashbridge

{{colend}}Source:^[2]

Order of numbers

In a sumptuous setting, seven couples make a grand entrance, then the women perform a series of seven solo variations. The men dance a bravura mazurka, the principal couple performs an elegant pas de deux, and the ballet ends with a final waltz for the entire ensemble.^[3]

Overture: "L'Eté" from The Seasons, Op. 67
Valse de concert No. 1, Op. 47
Pas d'action from Scènes de ballet, Op. 52, and Coda from Ruses d'amour, Op. 61
1st variation: "Marionettes" from Scènes de ballet
2nd variation: "La Givre" from The Seasons
3rd variation: "La Glace" from The Seasons
4th variation: "La Grêle" from The Seasons
5th variation: "La Neige" from The Seasons
6th variation: "L'Eté" from The Seasons
7th variation: from Ruses d'amour
Mazurka, Op. 25 No. 3, (orchestrated by Robert Irving)
Pas de deux; "Grand pas des fiancées" from Ruses d'amour
Finale: Valse de concert No. 1, reprise

References

Notes

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/birthday-offering-by-frederick-ashton|title=Birthday Offering — Productions — Royal Opera House|publisher=roh.org.uk|accessdate=2014-07-26}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ashtonarchive.com/ballets/1956.htm|title=Frederick Ashton and His Ballets - 1956|publisher=ashtonarchive.com|accessdate=2018-01-31}} dead link
3. ^Matthew Naughtin, Ballet Music, 2014, p. 165.

Sources

Naughtin, Matthew (2014). Ballet Music. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-8659-9}}

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