Suite "In the Old Style" (1922)

Performing version for 5 winds and brass, string orchestra, and unison male chorus made by David Drew and Christopher Shaw (1971). Movements 1 and 2 are orchestrations of Two Movements for String Quartet. Movements 3 and 4 are reconstructed movements from Divertimento, op. 5.

List of Movements
Performance Information
Recordings

List of Movements

1) Concertino
2) Aria
3) Scherzo
4) Chorale-Fantasia

List of Movements--Divertimento, op. 5

1) Fantasia
2) Ostinato
3) Aria
4) Waltz
5) Scherzo
6) Chorale-Fantasy

Note: Most of the original orchestral material is missing, and there is some uncertainty whether the original version had five or six movements.

Performance Information--Performing Version Only

Orchestra: 0.0.1.1; 1.0.2.0; solo string quartet, strings.
Duration: 22 minutes
Performance Materials: All territories: EAMC
First performance of original version: April 10, 1923, Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Heinz Unger, cond.
First performance of performing version: January 10, 1972, Baden-Baden, Südwestfunkorchester, Ernst Bour, cond.

Guide to orchestration, territory abbreviations, and publishers' symbols.

Recordings

Largo CD 5130

Testimonies of War, 1914-1945, Poznán Philharmonic, Andrzej Borejko, cond. (Chorale-Fantasia only)

©2007 The Kurt Weill Foundation.