• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Suite from 'the Bolt' [Ballet Suite No. 5], Op. 27a (1931)

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  • 27 min

Programme Note

Compiled by Alexander Gauk

First performance: 17 January 1933, Leningrad, Large Philharmonic Hall Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – Alexander Gauk (conductor)

The composer omitted Nos. 6 and 7 for publication in 1934, and according to this version, ‘Dance of the Colonial Slave Girl’ and ‘The Conciliator’ do not appear in Muzyka Collected Works Vol. 26. ‘Intermezzo’ (No. 5) reappears in ‘Moscow Cheryomushki’, Op. 105, No. 21.

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1. Overture (Adagio – Allegro)
2. Bureaucrat’s Dance (Polka) (Allegretto – Allegro – Moderato – Allegretto)
3. Draymen’s Dance (Variation) (Moderato non troppo)
4. Tango. Kozelkov’s Dance with Friends (Allegretto – Andante – Allegretto –
Allegro)
5. Intermezzo (Allegretto)
6. Dance of the Colonial Slave Girl (Andante)
7. The Conciliator (Andantino)
8. General Dance and Apotheosis (Finale) (Allegro)

Media

The Bolt, Suite from the Ballet, Op.27a: 1. Introduction
The Bolt, Suite from the Ballet, Op.27a: 2. Polka
The Bolt, Suite from the Ballet, Op.27a: 3. Variations
The Bolt, Suite from the Ballet, Op.27a: 4. Tango
The Bolt, Suite from the Ballet, Op.27a: 5. Intermezzo
The Bolt, Suite from the Ballet, Op.27a: 6. Finale

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