New York City Ballet: Classic NYCB
$40-$218
John Cage — Six Melodies for Violin and Keyboard (Nos 1 & 2; part of 'In a Landscape')
John Cage — In a Landscape (part of 'In a Landscape')
John Adams — Hallelujah Junction for Two Pianos (part of 'Hallelujah Junction')
Frédéric Chopin — Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40, No. 1 "Military Polonaise" (part of 'The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)')
Frédéric Chopin — Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57 (part of 'The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)')
Frédéric Chopin — Prelude in F minor, Op. 28, No. 18 (part of 'The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)')
Frédéric Chopin — Prelude in B-flat minor, Op. 28, No. 16 "Hades" (part of 'The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)')
Frédéric Chopin — Waltz in E minor, B. 56, Op. posth. (part of 'The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)')
Frédéric Chopin — Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7 (part of 'The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)')
Frédéric Chopin — Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4 (part of 'The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)')
Frédéric Chopin — Mazurka in G minor, Op. 24, No. 1 (part of 'The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)')
Frédéric Chopin — Ballade in A-flat major, Op. 47, No. 3 (part of 'The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)')
This nicely varied program features works from four choreographers performed to music of diverse styles and periods. The Concert, Jerome Robbins's impishly funny sendup of the supposedly staid behavior of classical concertgoers, finds unexpected humor in its score of selected Chopin piano works. The program also includes Balanchine's Ballo della Regina, performed to Verdi ballet music, which features bravura choreography that challenges even the most technically assured dancers; Peter Martins' endlessly dynamic Hallelujah Junction, danced to a score for two pianos by the esteemed contemporary composer John Adams; and In a Landscape, a pas de deux to music by the modernist composer John Cage created by Albert Evans, a beloved longtime principal dancer with the Company who passed away in 2015.
Runs Feb. 9-29.