alison Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Listening to a rather good concert at the Festival Hall last night (the Philharmonia and Pablo Heras-Casado - I think I've got that right - he seems to be making rather a name for himself at the moment) I was struck once again by the similarity between Prokofiev's 5th symphony and his ballet score for Cinderella. However, since I got to know the two works more or less simultaneously, I'm never sure whether one *is* actually quoted in the other, or whether they just both inhabit the same soundworld, or whatever the phrase is. Can anyone help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 I can't think of any direct quotes of one in another, but they were both composed at the same time (1944) so it's not surprising the sound world is similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 Thanks, BBB. It's just that I was getting so many flashbacks, especially to the final scene of Cinderella with all that "starlight" sort of music, and to some of the more grotesque characters, that I did wonder if there was a direct link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTL Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Prokofiev's 4th Symphony and his "Prodigal Son" have very obvious similarities,and I used to notice bits of his 1st (Classical) Symphony in some of his ballet music but it's ages since I listened to it and I don't have time these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 I think one whole movement of the Classical Symphony is used for the departure of the guests from the Capulet ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I think it's for the Pas De Trois of Romeo, Mercury and Benvolio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 The third movement of the "Classical" is used as a gavotte in R&J (in the MacMillan production, it's the second "set" dance at the ball, after Romeo has met Juliet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTL Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 (edited) The third movement of the "Classical" is used as a gavotte in R&J (in the MacMillan production, it's the second "set" dance at the ball, after Romeo has met Juliet). This came as quite a surprise to me recently when it was played during the signing of the registers at a wedding! I wasn't familiar with the Classical Symphony so wasn't expecting a gavotte which I recognised from something else. Edited to add: ...and it's reprised during the guests-leaving-the-ball scene, isn't it? So alison's memory is correct. Edited June 16, 2016 by RuthE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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