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The Silver Rose

"Die silberne Rose" by renowned Australian choreographer Graeme Murphy was commissioned by the Bavarian State Ballet Company and premiered by that company in December 2005 at the Munich Nationaltheater. It features music by Carl Vine carefully selected by the composer from his orchestral catalogue to accompany Murphy's re-interpretation of the famous opera scenario, Der Rosenkavalier, by Hugo von Hoffmannsthal.

In 2010 The Australian Ballet brought a new production of the work to the southern hemisphere, playing in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.


The music for the ballet includes:
MicroSymphony
Symphony No 3
Symphony No 4.2
Celebrare Celeberrime
available on CD: Vine: Complete Symphonies
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Canzona
Smith's Alchemy
available on CD: The Tempest
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Piano Concerto No 1
(and Symphony No 4.2)
available on CD: Choral Symphony
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Descent
available on CD: Masterprize
Pipe Dreams
available on CD: Pipe Dreams
V (fanfare)
(not yet available on commercial recording)

Musical Scenario: 
ACT I 
Sc. 1Symphony No 4.2 - 2nd mvt
Sc. 2Pipe Dreams - 2nd mvt
Sc. 3Pipe Dreams - 1st mvt
Sc. 4MicroSymphony (start)
Sc. 5Canzona - part 1
Sc. 6Piano Concerto No 1 - 2nd mvt
ACT II 
Sc. 1Piano Concerto No 1 - 1st mvt
Sc. 2"V" (fanfare)
Sc. 3Celebrare Celeberrime - part 2
Sc. 4Canzona - part 2
Sc. 5Descent - finale
Sc. 6Symphony No 3 - finale
ACT III 
Sc. 1Piano Concerto No 1 - 3rd mvt
Sc. 2Symphony No 4.2 - 3rd mvt
Sc. 3Smith's Alchemy - 2nd mvt

 

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