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Cinderella
Music by Vladimir Tarnopolski
Text adapted by Donald Sturrock
Cinderella is an ambitious new addition to the canon of Roald Dahl music commissions. It is principally scored for young players and singers, but there is also an optional "add-on" professional ensemble element. The work has been designed to be uniquely flexible to the requirements of schools and youth orchestras and can be presented in a variety of forms - from choruses with narrator and piano, to the full version with professional ensemble, string orchestra and flexiband. Tarnopolski's rich and varied output includes an opera for the Evian Festival, conducted by Mstslav Rostropovich and a version of The Three Sisters presented at the 1999 Munich Biennale.
The long-awaited premiere of Cinderella took place at the Barbican Hall in London in April, 2003. The London Schools Symphony Orchestra under Peter Ash was joined by more than 400 other young performers and six solo narrators. Critis praised the work as "a resounding success... a welcome addition to the youth repertoire." They compared it favourably to Peter and the Wolf and Oedipus Rex, admiring its rich textures, accompished orchestration and harmonic substance.
Performance History
2003: World Premiere - Barbican, London (LSSO / Ash)
2004: Bergen Festival (BIT 20 Ensemble)
2009: Bergen Philharmonic Subscription Series (BIT 20 Ensemble)
for narrator/s, children's chorus, professional ensemble, children's string orchestra and flexiband
30-40 minutes
Published by Peters Edition
Orchestrations
1-4 Narrator/s
string orchestra, flexiband, optional professional ensemble (18 players)
A chamber version for 22 players is also available.
Translations
Norwegian
Russian
Educational Support
School Musical Version
(publisher: A & C Black)
Recordings
None commercially available
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