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Aug 14, 2024 · Program Notes. During the season of 1869-1870, the director of the Imperial Theater in St, Petersburg conceived the idea of staging an elaborate opera ballet based on a subject from Slavic mythology, For this work, to be known as Mlada, he commissioned music from the Russian school of composition. The project was never realized, however, and ...
Palatine Concert Band. Procession of the Nobles. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov/arr. by Erik W.G. Leidzen. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a Russian composer noted for a predilection for folk and fairy-tale subjects, and for skill in orchestration.
Mlada has not held the stage, and the only familiar music from it is the Procession of the Nobles, the orchestral introduction to Act II, which begins with a festival of tradespeople. The music bursts to life with a rousing brass flourish, soon followed by the processional music, a noble tune for strings in E-flat major.
Mar 26, 2013 · Procession of the Nobles (Cortége) was written in 1889 as part of the opera-ballet Mlada. Although it was originally begun in 1872 as a collaborative effort with three other composers, the initial project fell through. Rimsky-Korsakov completed it himself nearly 20 years later.
Procession of the Nobles “Mlada” from the opera announces the entry of the nobility; the brass provide the pomp and the woodwinds provide the regal flourishes that embellish this work. “Mlada” was the first work of Rimsky-Korsakov’s to show the influence of Richard Wagner (Program notes: Oregon Symphonic Band, Dr. Michael Burch-Pesses,
First Half Program Notes. Procession of the Nobles from Mlada Act II, Scene III by Rimsky-Korsakov. Mlada has a long and convoluted history. It began with a ballet by Filippo Taglioni entitled The Shadow, which premiered in 1839 in Saint Petersburg.
Mlada is an opera-ballet in four acts, composed between 1889 and 1890 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, to a libretto by Viktor Krylov. It is a fantasy tale about ancient pagan Slavs. The most performed from this opera-ballet is Procession of the Nobles. - Program Note adapted from Wikipedia.
