Serge Prokofiev (1890-1953)
Le Fils prodigue : suite symphonique (1929)
- General information
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Composition date:
1929
- Duration: 18 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 46a
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Composition date:
1929
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Orchestral music]
Detailed formation
- 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, percussionist, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
7 March 1931
Location:France, Paris.
Table of contents
- 1. The departure
- 2. Meeting with friends
- 3. The beautiful woman
- 4. Men's dance
- 5. The prodigal son and the beautiful woman
- 6. The drinking scene
- 7. The robbery
- 8. The awakening and repentance
- 9. Division of Spoils
- 10. The return