Op. 290 BROKE DANCE SUITE (December 10, 2018)
I. Bourgeois Ouverture (Comedie-Ballet)
[Jean-Baptiste Lully, Darius Milhaud]
II. Allemande Left-Right (Brothers' Joy)
[Germany, Tielmann Susato, Ludwig van Beethoven]
III. Au Courante (Sweet Expectation, Running)
[France, Samuel Voelckel, J.S. Bach, Maurice Ravel]
IV. Varese Sarabande (Icy Folia)
[Spain, La Folia, G.F. Handel, Edgar Varese]
V. Unkempt Gigue (Images from the Stark Land)
[England, Ireland, William Kemp, J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy]
"Many later suites included other movements placed between
sarabande and gigue." [Wikipedia, Suite (Music)]
For this piece, these would constitute dances of
Op. 297 BROKE DANCE INTERMEZZI: A (February 16, 2019)
through
Op. 322 BROKE DANCE INTERMEZZI: Z (June 14, 2019)
N.B. expanded versions of BROKE DANCE SUITE may include
any or all movements of above, either interpolated between
Sarabande and Gigue, or directly following the latter...
Performances:
May 4, 2019
Under Deconstruction
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
St. Teresa of Avila Church, San Francisco, CA
October 5, 2019
All That Fall
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
St. Teresa of Avila Church, San Francisco, CA
