New York City Ballet: All Balanchine I
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (EST)
David H Koch Theater,
New York,
NY,
United States
$54-$240
Johann Sebastian Bach
—
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
(part of 'Concerto Barocco')
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 75 (part of 'Allegro Brillante')
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (orch. Arnold Schoenberg; part of 'Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet')
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 75 (part of 'Allegro Brillante')
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (orch. Arnold Schoenberg; part of 'Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet')
Balanchine's multifaceted talent is showcased in a program uniting three classic works. Concerto Barocco, from 1941, is set to Bach's Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, and features crystalline choreography for the two lead ballerinas, each representing the voice of one violin, as well as a male dancer and a small corps de ballet. For Allegro Brillante, Balanchine returned to a favorite composer, Tschaikovsky, to create a scintillating dance that combines lyricism and buoyancy. Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet features a cast of more than 50 dancers in a ballet that, in four distinct movements, pays homage to the Romantic era as epitomized by Brahms's music, filtered through the distinct modernist style of Arnold Schoenberg.