| Frida Kahlo | 90' |
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Ballet for orchestra pre-recorded tape Johann Kresnik's second ballet with music by Kurt Schwertsik takes as its subject the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, her tempestuous affair with Diego Rivera, and the paralysis she suffered after a traffic accident. Frida Kahlo has toured extensively in Europe, and is danced to a tape containing Schwertsik's music and sound collages. |
| Macbeth | 90' |
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Ballet for orchestra pft (4 hands) and natural sound effects Scored for piano duo and percussion. Johann Kresnik's shocking and powerful dance theatre work for his Bremen Ballet has toured widely with great success, notably at the 1989 Edingurgh Festival. |
| Nietzsche | 90' |
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Ballet for orchestra pre-recorded tape Kurt Schwertsik wrote musical interludes for his third Johann Kresnik ballet in 1994, which explores the life and influence of the controversial German 19th century philosopher Friedrich Nietzche. The music on tape consists of piano, voice and instruments electronically transformed. |
| Walzertraume | 75' |
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Ballet for orchestra 1.picc.2.2.Ebcl.bcl.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc-harp-cel-strings Commissioned by Cologne Opera for the Dance Forum, Walzerträume (a ballet in two acts inspired by "Strauss & Strauss") was presented in 1977 in a choreography by Jochen Ulrich. Wiener Chronik 1848, which has not yet been staged, is Schwertsik's revised ballet in three parts based on the Walzerträume score. |
| Wiener Chronik 1848 | 50' |
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Ballet for orchestra 1.picc.2.2.Ebcl.bcl.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc-harp-cel-strings |