Sinfonietta (ballet)
Sinfonietta may refer to: * Sinfonietta (orchestra), a musical group that is larger than a chamber ensemble but smaller than a full-size orchestra * Sinfonietta (symphony), a symphony that is smaller in scale or lighter in approach than a standard symphony *Sinfonietta (Britten), a 1932 composition by Benjamin Britten * Sinfonietta (Janáček), a 1926 composition by Leoš Janáček * Sinfonietta (Korngold), a 1912 composition by Erich Wolfgang Korngold * Sinfonietta (Moroi), a 1943 composition by Saburō Moroi * Sinfonietta (Theodorakis), a 1947 composition by Mikis Theodorakis * Sinfonietta (Poulenc), a 1947 composition by Francis Poulenc * ''Sinfonietta'', a 1978 ballet by Jiří Kylián Jiří Kylián (born 21 March 1947) is a Czech former dancer and contemporary dance choreographer. Life Jiří Kylián was born in 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to his father Václav who was a banker and to his mother Markéta, who was as a ...

Sinfonietta (orchestra)
A sinfonietta is a musical group that is larger than a chamber ensemble but smaller than a full-size or symphony orchestra. There are many orchestras called ''sinfonietta''. Some groups are still a sinfonietta despite not including the word in their name: * Alarm Will Sound * American Modern Ensemble * Amsterdam Sinfonietta * American Sinfonietta * Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen * Basel Sinfonietta * Berlin Sinfonietta Berks SinfoniettaDalasinfoniettan* Toronto Sinfonietta * BIT20 Ensemble * Bournemouth Sinfonietta * Chicago Sinfonietta * Danish National Chamber Orchestra, also known as the Danish Radio Sinfonietta * Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta * Sinfonietta Köln * Hong Kong Sinfonietta * Hull Sinfonietta * Imperial College Sinfonietta * Israel Sinfonietta Beersheba * Kymi Sinfonietta * Lake Placid Sinfonietta * Sinfonietta de Lisboa Sinfonietta Paris* Lancashire Sinfonietta * London Sinfonietta * Luton Sinfonietta * Luxembourg Sinfonietta * Sinfonietta Nova Arnstadt * Kyiv Sinfo ...
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Sinfonietta (symphony)
A sinfonietta is a symphony that is smaller in scale (either in terms of length or the instrumental forces required), or lighter in approach than a standard symphony. Although of Italian form, the word is not genuine in that language and has seldom been used by Italian composers. It appears to have been coined in 1874 by Joachim Raff for his Op. 188, but became common usage only in the early 20th century . Just as the term ''symphony'' itself can refer to pieces of music of varied size and scope, it is difficult to identify common criteria which pieces called ''sinfonietta'' share. Many of the sinfoniettas listed on this page employ larger forces and/or are longer than pieces designated symphonies, sometimes even by the same composer. Examples of sinfoniettas include: * William Alwyn's Sinfonietta for strings (1970) *Malcolm Arnold's Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 48 (1954), Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 65 (1958), and Sinfonietta No. 3, Op. 81 (1964) *Alexander Arutiunian's Sinfonietta for str ...
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Sinfonietta (Britten)
Benjamin Britten's Sinfonietta was composed in 1932, at the age of 18, while he was a student at the Royal College of Music. It was first performed in 1933 at The Ballet Club, London conducted by Iris Lemare. It was published as his Op. 1 and dedicated to his teacher Frank Bridge. Instrumentation The work was originally scored for five winds and five strings: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and double bass. In February 1936, Britten revised the score for a small chamber orchestra with two horns and a small string section, which was only performed once during his lifetime. This version is available on hire from Boosey and Hawkes. Movements A typical performance takes about 15 minutes. The movements are headed: # '' Poco presto ed agitato'' # ''Variations, andante lento'' # ''Tarantella'' The first movement is in sonata form. The writer, publisher and friend of Britten's Erwin Stein suggested that the work as a whole is modelled on the Chamb ...
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Sinfonietta (Janáček)
The Sinfonietta (subtitled "Military Sinfonietta" or "Sokol Festival") from 1926 is a late work for large orchestra (of which 25 are brass players) by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. It is dedicated "To the Czechoslovak Army" and Janáček said it was intended to express "contemporary free man, his spiritual beauty and joy, his strength, courage and determination to fight for victory". It started by Janáček listening to a brass band, becoming inspired to write some fanfares of his own. When the organisers of the Sokol Gymnastic Festival approached him for a commission, he developed the material into the ''Sinfonietta''. He later dropped the word ''military''. The first performance was in Prague on 26 June 1926 under Václav Talich. The typical performance duration is 20–25 minutes. Structure ''Sinfonietta'' is typical of Janáček's tight construction in that the material of each movement derives from the opening motif. It features several variants based on Janá� ...
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Sinfonietta (Korngold)
The Sinfonietta in B major, Op. 5, is the first large-scale orchestral work written by the 20th-century Austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Korngold began sketching the work in the spring of 1912 (about a year after his childhood mentor, Gustav Mahler, died), just before his 15th birthday and finished the sketches in August 1912. The orchestration of it dragged on for another year, until September 1913, by which time Korngold had composed his Violin Sonata, Op. 6, and had begun his first opera '' Der Ring des Polykrates'', Op. 7. The ''Sinfonietta'' was premiered in Vienna on 30 November 1913 under the direction of Felix Weingartner (to whom the work is dedicated, in thanks to his support of Korngold), and was a sensational success, resulting in further performances all over Europe and America. It has four movements: # ''Fließend, mit heiterem Schwunge'' (Flowing, with cheerful motion) # '' Scherzo: Molto agitato, rasch und feurig'' (Quickly and fiery) # ''Molto and ...
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Sinfonietta (Moroi)
''Sinfonietta for Children'' (Japanese: こどものための小交響曲 ''Kodomo no tame no shō-kōkyōkyoku'') in B, Op. 24 (1943) is an orchestral composition by Japanese composer Saburō Moroi. Written throughout October 1943 in the midst of the Second World War, the work was premiered by the Tokyo Broadcast Orchestra with Moroi conducting on 5 November 1943, just five days after the completion. Instrumentation and Movements Scored for double winds, brass, timpani and strings, the Sinfonietta is a neoclassical triptych consisting of a sonata form opening, a minuet and a mournful finale, marked: # '' Allegro grazioso'' # ''Andantino quasi allegretto'' # ''Lento affabile'' Recordings * RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra — Takuo Yuasa, 2002. Naxos Records. Reception Gwin Parry-Jones from Musicweb International gave a positive review of the work following Naxos' release, highlighting the elegiac finale (''haunting, moving music'') as its most appealing movement while praisin ...
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Sinfonietta (Theodorakis)
Sinfonietta may refer to: * Sinfonietta (orchestra), a musical group that is larger than a chamber ensemble but smaller than a full-size orchestra * Sinfonietta (symphony), a symphony that is smaller in scale or lighter in approach than a standard symphony *Sinfonietta (Britten), a 1932 composition by Benjamin Britten * Sinfonietta (Janáček), a 1926 composition by Leoš Janáček * Sinfonietta (Korngold), a 1912 composition by Erich Wolfgang Korngold * Sinfonietta (Moroi), a 1943 composition by Saburō Moroi * Sinfonietta (Theodorakis), a 1947 composition by Mikis Theodorakis * Sinfonietta (Poulenc), a 1947 composition by Francis Poulenc * ''Sinfonietta'', a 1978 ballet by Jiří Kylián Jiří Kylián (born 21 March 1947) is a Czech former dancer and contemporary dance choreographer. Life Jiří Kylián was born in 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to his father Václav who was a banker and to his mother Markéta, who was as a ...

Sinfonietta (Poulenc)
The Sinfonietta, FP 141, is a work for orchestra by Francis Poulenc. Composed in 1947 on a commission from the BBC, it was first performed in London on 24 October 1948, conducted by Roger Désormière. The work, light and full of dance rhythms, is in four movements. History Poulenc, who initially was urged to study business by his parents, came to music late, without much formal education. He scored a success with a full-length ballet, ''Les biches'', written on a commission by Diaghilev and premiered in Monte Carlo in 1924. A young audience cherished the unsophisticated fresh charm, and the composer received commissions in the wake of the success. He composed the Sinfonietta in 1947 on a commission from the BBC for the first anniversary of their Third Programme. It was first performed in a broadcast concert in London on 24 October 1948, played by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Roger Désormière. Poulenc made his first concert tour to the U.S. the same year, which incre ...
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