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Mar 21, 2024 · The Good Soldier Schweik Suite was premiered by the Little Orchestra Society, conducted by Tom Sherman. in 1952, The opera was completed two years later and was premiered with great success at the New York City Center on April 23, 1958. An instrumentation of winds and percussion instruments only is utilized in both suite and opera.
Feb 14, 2017 · The Good Soldier Schweik Suite 1. Overture 2. Lament 3. March 4. War Dance 5. Pastoral 6. Finale Robert KurkaBorn: December 22, 1921, Cicero, IllinoisDied: December 12, 1957, New York, New YorkInstrumentation: Fourteen winds, timpani, and percussionComposed: 1956Duration: 20 minutes The SUITE was inspired by THE GOOD SOLDIER ŠVEJK, the brilliantly realistic anti-war satire by the Czech ...
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The Good Soldier Schweik is one of the most frequently produced of American operas. It is a tonal work in a style that is a direct descendent of the stage works of Kurt Weill, Werner Egk, Paul Dessau, and Darius Milhaud. It is tuneful, witty, and edgy, a convincing operatic presentation of the prototypical "service comedy."
YearTitle / Performer2013Soldier Stories American Chamber Winds / ...20033 Cents: Kurt Weil, Simon Sargon & Robert ...2001Old Wine in New Bottles Wisconsin Wind ...1994Cincinnati Wind Symphony plays Jacob ...Apr 4, 2020 · Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesSuite from "The Good Soldier Schweik": Finale · Robert Kurka · Robert Whitney · The Louisville OrchestraKurka: ...
The Good Soldier Schweik, Suite from the Opera. In this satire, set during World War I, the soldier Schweik is arrested for making innocuous political remarks but, being deemed an idiot, is sent to an insane asylum. His stay is short-lived and he volunteers for duty in the army, where he is passed from official to official.
