MOVING ROOMS, TRISTAN & IZOLDA
in LAPPEENRANTA

Moving Rooms

Ballet in one act
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Alfred Schnittke — Concerto grosso I (Cadenza — Rondo — Postludio), Henryk Mikołaj Górecki — Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra Op. 40

Tristan & Isolde – pas de deux

From the ballet Tristan
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Music: Richard Wagner — Tristan und Isolde (Isoldes Liebestod)

The Polish National Ballet's guest performances at the annual Lappeenranata Ballet Gala in Finland

Each of Krzysztof Pastor's pieces appeals in its own specific way to our moods and emotions with their simple choreographic form, visual allure of neoclassic dance, use of colour in space, and play of light, unfolding to the accompaniment of music written by great masters: Schnittke, Górecki, and Wagner.

Polish National Ballet

Music from recordings:

Alfred Schnittke, Concerto grosso I from the album Kremer Plays Schnittke, violin: Gidon Kremer, Tatiana Grindenko, harpsichord and prepared piano: Yuri Smirnov, conductor: Heinrich Schiff, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Deutsche Grammophon 1994, 445520

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra Op. 40 from the album Górecki, harpsichord: Elżbieta Chojnacka, 1st violin: Nona Liddell, conductor: Markus Stenz, London Sinfonietta, Nonesuch Records/WBR 1995, 79362-2

Richard Wagner, Isoldes Liebestod z Tristan und Isolde: II. Nachtgesang und Liebestod from the album Symphony in C Major, Tristan und Isolde, Siegfried Idyll, conductor: Edo de Waart, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic; Challenge Classics 2014, CC 72649