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'''''Horoscope''''' is a ballet created in 1937 by [[Frederick Ashton]] with scenery by [[Sophie Fedorovitch]] and music by [[Constant Lambert]].<ref name=ashton>[http://www.ashtonarchive.com/ballets/1938.htm Frederick Ashton and His Ballets] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130117083535/http://www.ashtonarchive.com/ballets/1938.htm |date=17 January 2013 }}</ref> It is based on [[astrology|astrological]] themes, and is reminiscent of [[Gustav Holst]]'s ''[[The Planets]]'' in its musical exploration of the mystical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=743625116823|title=Homepage - HDtracks - The World's Greatest-Sounding Music Downloads |
'''''Horoscope''''' is a ballet created in 1937 by [[Frederick Ashton]] with scenery by [[Sophie Fedorovitch]] and music by [[Constant Lambert]].<ref name=ashton>[http://www.ashtonarchive.com/ballets/1938.htm Frederick Ashton and His Ballets] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130117083535/http://www.ashtonarchive.com/ballets/1938.htm |date=17 January 2013 }}</ref> It is based on [[astrology|astrological]] themes, and is reminiscent of [[Gustav Holst]]'s ''[[The Planets]]'' in its musical exploration of the mystical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=743625116823|title=Homepage - HDtracks - The World's Greatest-Sounding Music Downloads|website=hdtracks.com|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> The story of the ballet concerns a young man and woman who were born in the disjoint [[Sun (astrology)|Sun]] signs of [[Leo (astrology)|Leo]] and [[Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]]. However, both have their [[Moon (astrology)|Moon]] in [[Gemini (astrology)|Gemini]], and they are able to overcome their fate and become lovers.<ref name=answers>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/horoscope-ballet|title=Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions|website=Answers.com|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=minor>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2mL2XKbPqIC&q=horoscope+lambert&pg=PA55|title=Minor Ballet Composers: Biographical Sketches of Sixty-six Underappreciated Yet Significant Contributors to the Body of Western Ballet Music|first=Bruce R.|last=Schueneman|date=4 September 1997|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780789003232}}</ref> |
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It had its first performance by the [[The Royal Ballet|Vic-Wells Ballet]] at [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]] on 27 January 1938, starring [[Margot Fonteyn]] and [[Michael Somes]],<ref name=ashton/> and it made stars of both principal dancers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/02/arts/dance-a-british-bad-boy-finds-his-way-back-into-the-light.html?pagewanted=all|title=DANCE; A British Bad Boy Finds His Way Back |
It had its first performance by the [[The Royal Ballet|Vic-Wells Ballet]] at [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]] on 27 January 1938, starring [[Margot Fonteyn]] and [[Michael Somes]],<ref name=ashton/> and it made stars of both principal dancers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/02/arts/dance-a-british-bad-boy-finds-his-way-back-into-the-light.html?pagewanted=all|title=DANCE; A British Bad Boy Finds His Way Back into the Light|first=Terry|last=Teachout|website=nytimes.com|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> but particularly Michael Somes, who was described by one critic as potentially the finest British male dancer of the half century.<ref name=ballet/> At that time Constant Lambert was conducting an affair with the young Margot Fonteyn, but they later separated. The ballet has been described as a symbolic representation of this affair.<ref name=minor/> Other roles were danced by Richard Ellis and [[Alan Carter (dancer)|Alan Carter]] (the Gemini), and [[Pamela May]] (the Moon).<ref name=ashton/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1491565/Pamela-May.html|title=Pamela May|date=7 June 2005|accessdate=4 September 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> |
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The ballet was praised by the critics: [[Francis Toye]] called it ''... perhaps the most successful modern ballet that has been produced at this theatre for a long time.'' [[Arnold Haskell]] wrote: ''With ''Horoscope'', ballet, now truly indigenous in England, readies a splendid maturity.'' |
The ballet was praised by the critics: [[Francis Toye]] called it ''... perhaps the most successful modern ballet that has been produced at this theatre for a long time.'' [[Arnold Haskell]] wrote: ''With ''Horoscope'', ballet, now truly indigenous in England, readies a splendid maturity.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/artpam/0/0/9/pdf/ar0093.pdf|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121210145423/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/artpam/0/0/9/pdf/ar0093.pdf|url-status=dead|title=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qpnDR5qvpeoJ:www…|date=10 December 2012|archivedate=10 December 2012|website=slv.vic.gov.au|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> |
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''Horoscope'' was to be Lambert's last original work for 14 years, during which time he concentrated on conducting and touring. |
''Horoscope'' was to be Lambert's last original work for 14 years, during which time he concentrated on conducting and touring. |
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==Structure== |
==Structure== |
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The full score was lost in the [[Netherlands]], only nine numbers surviving. The Vic-Wells Ballet was touring there in 1940 when [[History of the Netherlands (1939–1945)#German invasion|German forces occupied the country]], and they had to escape hurriedly, leaving behind scenery, costumes, and the full scores to both ''Horoscope'' and ''[[The Wise Virgins]]'' (an arrangement of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s music by [[William Walton]]).<ref name=answers/><ref name="Music Web International">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Aug04/Walton_Lambert.htm|title=WALTON Wise Virgings LAMBERT Horoscope ASV CD 1168 [JW]: Classical CD Reviews- August 2004 MusicWeb(UK)|first=Music on the|last=Web(UK) |
The full score was lost in the [[Netherlands]], only nine numbers surviving. The Vic-Wells Ballet was touring there in 1940 when [[History of the Netherlands (1939–1945)#German invasion|German forces occupied the country]], and they had to escape hurriedly, leaving behind scenery, costumes, and the full scores to both ''Horoscope'' and ''[[The Wise Virgins]]'' (an arrangement of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s music by [[William Walton]]).<ref name=answers/><ref name="Music Web International">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Aug04/Walton_Lambert.htm|title=WALTON Wise Virgings LAMBERT Horoscope ASV CD 1168 [JW]: Classical CD Reviews- August 2004 MusicWeb(UK)|first=Music on the|last=Web(UK)|website=musicweb-international.com|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordsinternational.com/archive/RICatalogAug04.html|title=Records International Catalogue August 2004|website=recordsinternational.com|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> The work had had only 29 performances<ref name=ballet>[http://www.ballet.co.uk/may98/year_1938.htm Ballet magazine, 1938] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917002901/http://www.ballet.co.uk/may98/year_1938.htm |date=17 September 2008 }}</ref> and was never revived.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-one-and-only-constant-666374.html|title=The Independent, 21 August 2001|website=independent.co.uk|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> |
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The nine surviving numbers are: |
The nine surviving numbers are: |
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* "Valse for the Gemini" |
* "Valse for the Gemini" |
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* "Pas de Deux" |
* "Pas de Deux" |
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* "Invocation to the Moon and Finale".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sir-William-Walton-Constant-Horoscope/dp/B0002EQFLM|title=Bach-Walton: The Wise Virgins, complete ballet / Lambert: Horoscope, complete ballet |
* "Invocation to the Moon and Finale".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sir-William-Walton-Constant-Horoscope/dp/B0002EQFLM|title=Bach-Walton: The Wise Virgins, complete ballet / Lambert: Horoscope, complete ballet|date=24 August 2004|accessdate=4 September 2018|via=Amazon}}</ref> |
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For many years, the music for ''Horoscope'' was known only in the form of an abridged [[Suite (music)|concert suite]] of five numbers that contained, according to contemporary commentators, the best of the music.<ref name=answers/> The first performance of the suite was conducted by Lambert himself at Queen's Hall on 8 August 1938 as part of the Proms season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/epnxn3|title=Prom 02 |
For many years, the music for ''Horoscope'' was known only in the form of an abridged [[Suite (music)|concert suite]] of five numbers that contained, according to contemporary commentators, the best of the music.<ref name=answers/> The first performance of the suite was conducted by Lambert himself at Queen's Hall on 8 August 1938 as part of the Proms season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/epnxn3|title=Prom 02|website=BBC Music Events|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> Lambert recorded three of the movements ("Dance for the Followers of Leo", "Valse for the Gemini" and the "Invocation to the Moon and Finale") in 1945, with the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic|Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra]]. That was the first recording of any of the music from the ballet.<ref name=gram45>{{cite web|url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/July%201945/13/796804/Liverpool+Philharmonic+Orchestra+(Lambert)+:+Horoscope+Ballet+Suite+(Constant+Lambert).+Columbia+DXi+1967+(12+ins.,+13s.+3d.).|title=Gramophone, July 1945|website=gramophone.net|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> In 1949, Lambert recorded two more numbers, "Saraband for the Followers of Virgo" and "Bacchanale", with the [[Philharmonia Orchestra]].<ref name=gram49>{{cite web|url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201949/10/856383/LAMBERTLISZT+Philhartnonia+Orchestra+(Lambert)+:+Saraband+for+the+Followers+of+Virgo+and+Bacchanale,+from+the+Ballet++Horoscope+(Lambert)+Galop,+from+the+Ballet+Apparitions++(Liszt++Lambert++Jacob).+Columbia+DX15678+(iv+in.,+r+is.+6d.).|title=Gramophone, June 1949|website=gramophone.net|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> The five-movement ''Horoscope'' Suite was later recorded by the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] under [[Robert Irving (conductor)|Robert Irving]] (1953)<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=9.80159 Naxos] |
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</ref> and the [[Orchestra of Opera North|English Northern Philharmonia]] under [[David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)|David Lloyd-Jones]] (1990).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6032802/a/Lambert:+Horoscope;+Bliss:+Checkmate;+Walton:+Fa%25E7ade.htm|title=David Lloyd-Jones - Lambert:Horoscope/Bliss:Checkmate |
</ref> and the [[Orchestra of Opera North|English Northern Philharmonia]] under [[David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)|David Lloyd-Jones]] (1990).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6032802/a/Lambert:+Horoscope;+Bliss:+Checkmate;+Walton:+Fa%25E7ade.htm|title=David Lloyd-Jones - Lambert:Horoscope/Bliss:Checkmate|website=cduniverse.com|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/tw.asp?w=W1217|title=Horoscope. Ballet Suite - Hyperion Records - CDs, MP3 and Lossless downloads|website=hyperion-records.co.uk|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> |
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In March 2003, the nine surviving numbers were recorded complete for the first time, by the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]] under [[Barry Wordsworth]].<ref name="Music Web International"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/aug/13/classicalmusicandopera2|title=CD: Walton: Wise Virgins ballet; Lambert: Horoscope ballet, BBC Concert Orch/ Wordsworth|first=Edward|last=Greenfield|date=12 August 2004|website=the Guardian|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> |
In March 2003, the nine surviving numbers were recorded complete for the first time, by the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]] under [[Barry Wordsworth]].<ref name="Music Web International"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/aug/13/classicalmusicandopera2|title=CD: Walton: Wise Virgins ballet; Lambert: Horoscope ballet, BBC Concert Orch/ Wordsworth|first=Edward|last=Greenfield|date=12 August 2004|website=the Guardian|accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> |
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Horoscope is a ballet created in 1937 by Frederick Ashton with scenery by Sophie Fedorovitch and music by Constant Lambert.[1] It is based on astrological themes, and is reminiscent of Gustav Holst's The Planets in its musical exploration of the mystical.[2] The story of the ballet concerns a young man and woman who were born in the disjoint Sun signs of Leo and Virgo. However, both have their Moon in Gemini, and they are able to overcome their fate and become lovers.[3][4]
It had its first performance by the Vic-Wells Ballet at Sadler's Wells Theatre on 27 January 1938, starring Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes,[1] and it made stars of both principal dancers,[5] but particularly Michael Somes, who was described by one critic as potentially the finest British male dancer of the half century.[6] At that time Constant Lambert was conducting an affair with the young Margot Fonteyn, but they later separated. The ballet has been described as a symbolic representation of this affair.[4] Other roles were danced by Richard Ellis and Alan Carter (the Gemini), and Pamela May (the Moon).[1][7]
The ballet was praised by the critics: Francis Toye called it ... perhaps the most successful modern ballet that has been produced at this theatre for a long time. Arnold Haskell wrote: With Horoscope, ballet, now truly indigenous in England, readies a splendid maturity.[8]
Horoscope was to be Lambert's last original work for 14 years, during which time he concentrated on conducting and touring.
Structure
The full score was lost in the Netherlands, only nine numbers surviving. The Vic-Wells Ballet was touring there in 1940 when German forces occupied the country, and they had to escape hurriedly, leaving behind scenery, costumes, and the full scores to both Horoscope and The Wise Virgins (an arrangement of Bach's music by William Walton).[3][9][10] The work had had only 29 performances[6] and was never revived.[11]
The nine surviving numbers are:
- "Palindromic Prelude"
- "Dance for the Followers of Leo"
- "Saraband for the Followers of Virgo"
- "Man's Variation"
- "Woman's Variation"
- "Bacchanale"
- "Valse for the Gemini"
- "Pas de Deux"
- "Invocation to the Moon and Finale".[12]
For many years, the music for Horoscope was known only in the form of an abridged concert suite of five numbers that contained, according to contemporary commentators, the best of the music.[3] The first performance of the suite was conducted by Lambert himself at Queen's Hall on 8 August 1938 as part of the Proms season.[13] Lambert recorded three of the movements ("Dance for the Followers of Leo", "Valse for the Gemini" and the "Invocation to the Moon and Finale") in 1945, with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. That was the first recording of any of the music from the ballet.[14] In 1949, Lambert recorded two more numbers, "Saraband for the Followers of Virgo" and "Bacchanale", with the Philharmonia Orchestra.[15] The five-movement Horoscope Suite was later recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra under Robert Irving (1953)[16] and the English Northern Philharmonia under David Lloyd-Jones (1990).[17][18]
In March 2003, the nine surviving numbers were recorded complete for the first time, by the BBC Concert Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth.[9][19]
References
- ^ a b c Frederick Ashton and His Ballets Archived 17 January 2013 at archive.today
- ^ "Homepage - HDtracks - The World's Greatest-Sounding Music Downloads". hdtracks.com. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.com. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ a b Schueneman, Bruce R. (4 September 1997). Minor Ballet Composers: Biographical Sketches of Sixty-six Underappreciated Yet Significant Contributors to the Body of Western Ballet Music. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780789003232.
- ^ Teachout, Terry. "DANCE; A British Bad Boy Finds His Way Back into the Light". nytimes.com. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ a b Ballet magazine, 1938 Archived 17 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Pamela May". 7 June 2005. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qpnDR5qvpeoJ:www…" (PDF). slv.vic.gov.au. 10 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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- ^ a b Web(UK), Music on the. "WALTON Wise Virgings LAMBERT Horoscope ASV CD 1168 [JW]: Classical CD Reviews- August 2004 MusicWeb(UK)". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Records International Catalogue August 2004". recordsinternational.com. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "The Independent, 21 August 2001". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Bach-Walton: The Wise Virgins, complete ballet / Lambert: Horoscope, complete ballet". 24 August 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Prom 02". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Gramophone, July 1945". gramophone.net. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Gramophone, June 1949". gramophone.net. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Naxos
- ^ "David Lloyd-Jones - Lambert:Horoscope/Bliss:Checkmate". cduniverse.com. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Horoscope. Ballet Suite - Hyperion Records - CDs, MP3 and Lossless downloads". hyperion-records.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Greenfield, Edward (12 August 2004). "CD: Walton: Wise Virgins ballet; Lambert: Horoscope ballet, BBC Concert Orch/ Wordsworth". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2018.