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- Edward Kennedy Ellington
The River (1970)
- Tempo Music Inc (World)
orch. by Ron Collier
- 2(II:pic).2(II:ca).2.2/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.2perc/pf.hp/str
- 30 min
- 5th September 2025, The Weidner, Green Bay, WI, United States of America
- 19th November 2025, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
Programme Note
Movements
I. Spring
II. Meander
III. Giggling Rapids
IV. Lake
V. Vortex
VI. Fals
VII. Village of the Virgins (Twin Cities)
VIII. Riba
Symphonic Ellington
Media
Scores
Reviews
The River, a 1970 ballet written for Alvin Ailey and American Ballet Theatre, comes from Ellington’s amazingly productive and adventurous final years…
26th January 2022
Discography
- LabelLouisville First Edition
- ConductorAkira Endo
- EnsembleLouisville Orchestra
- LabelChandos
- ConductorNeeme Järvi
- EnsembleDetroit Symphony Orchestra
