Lieutenant Kishe
Leutnant Kishe ( Russian Поручик Киже , Poruchik Kizhe , French: Lieutenant Kijé ) is a film music written by Sergei Prokofjew (1891–1953) in 1933 for the satirical novella Sekondeleutnant Saber by Juri Nikolajewitsch Tynjanow (1894–192743). In the plot is about the rampant bureaucracy under Czar Paul I . The film premiere took place on March 7, 1934 in Moscow . The film and its director Aleksandr Fajntsimmer fell into oblivion.
Prokofiev then composed a suite that exists in two versions. One with a baritone voice and the other for saxophone , which is also used as music for the ballet of the same name. The premiere took place on a broadcast on Moscow Radio on December 21, 1934. The first performance in a concert took place on February 20, 1937 under Prokofiev's direction in Paris , which is why the French spelling of the name "Kijé" has become internationally accepted.
The 3rd movement was taken over by Carter Burwell for the soundtrack of the film Doc Hollywood .
The 4th movement is often used as a musical Christmas motif or to accompany snowfall.
Parts of the music are performed by Sting (Russians) , Type O Negative (Red Water) , Woody Allen ( The Last Night of Boris Gruschenko ) , Emerson, Lake and Palmer (I Believe In Father Christmas) , Magnum , Blood, Sweat & Tears ( 40,000 headmen) ; Yes (Something's Coming) and others.
Sentences of the suite
- Kish's Birth (Allegro)
- Romance (andante)
- Kish's wedding (Allegro fastoso)
- Troika (Moderato)
- Kishes funeral (Andante assai)
Recordings (selection)
Suite op. 60
- 1937: Boston Symphony Orchestra , Serge Koussevitzky
recorded in the Symphony Hall studio in Boston on December 22, 1937 - 1957: Chicago Symphony Orchestra , Fritz Reiner , CBS
recorded in the studio of the Orchestra Hall in Chicago on March 2, 1957 - 1970: Cleveland Orchestra , George Szell , CBS
- 1977: Chicago Symphony Orchestra , Claudio Abbado , DG
- 1981: Orchester National de France , Lorin Maazel , CBS
- 1986: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra , André Previn , Telarc
- 1992: Montreal Symphony Orchestra , Montreal Symphony Chorus, Charles Dutoit , Decca
- 1993: Andreas Schmidt , Berliner Philharmoniker , Seiji Ozawa , DG
- 2016 German Symphony Orchestra Berlin , Tugan Sokhiev , Sony
Web links
- MIDI for Troika
- Original film Lieutenant Kizhe with English subtitles, at Internet Archive
- Kevin Bartig "Creating the Lieutenant Kijé Suite". (English)
- Original musical comedy Kije! by Scott L. McGregor, Lyrics by Arthur T. Benjamin, Music by Arthur Darrell Turner Video, downloadable music, script, and production notes.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Virtuoso |. Retrieved on March 27, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: CD - Sergej Prokofjew: Symphonies No. 1 and 7 | BR classic. May 10, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .