The Sanguine Fan
The Sanguine Fan | |
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Ballet score by Edward Elgar | |
Opus | 81 |
The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81, is a single-act
Background and first performance
Elgar's close friend and confidante, Alice Stuart-Wortley (
The scenario was by Ina Lowther (later the founder of the ballet course at the
For the charity performance leading West End actors took the main roles: Gerald du Maurier played Pan and the two lovers were played by Fay Compton and Ernest Thesiger;[5] Lowther played Echo.[4] The first performance was part of the revue Chelsea on Tiptoe at the Chelsea Palace Theatre, London on 20 March 1917, and was conducted by the composer. Afterwards he added a further number, a shepherd's dance, which received its premiere at a second charity performance in May.[5]
Music
The score, which plays for a little under 20 minutes, is in nine continuous sections:
- Moderato–maestoso
- Andantino
- Piu moderato
- Allegro molto
- Grandioso
- Allegretto moderato
- Allegro
- Allegro
- Moderato
Recordings
Elgar conducted parts of the score for an
1976 ballet
In September 1976, at the instigation of its director,
Notes
- ^ a b Moore, p. 701
- ^ Moore, p. 702
- ^ Moore, pp. 701–702
- ^ a b Neil, pp. 9–10
- ^ a b Moore, p. 703
- ^ Kennedy, p. 272
- ^ Notes to Chandos CD 214-21; Naxos CD 8.553879 and Somm CD SOMMCD247
- ^ "Royal Festival Hall: The Sanguine Fan", The Stage, 16 September 1976, p. 12; and "Festival Ballet's Nutcracker", The Stage, 16 December 1976, p. 32
- ^ Kennedy, pp. 284–285 and 286
Sources
- Kennedy, Michael (1987). Adrian Boult. London: Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 978-0-33-348752-5.
- Moore, Jerrold Northrop (1984). Edward Elgar: A Creative Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-315447-6.
- Neil, Andrew (2012). "The Longed-for Light: Elgar's Music in Wartime". Elgar: The Longed-for Light. Thames Ditton: Somm. OCLC 815510766.
External links
- The Sanguine Fan: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- The Sanguine Fan on the website of the Elgar Society
- The Sanguine Fan at AllMusic