Alberto GINASTERA (1916-1983)

Concerto for Strings, op.33 (1965)23'
for string orchestra
Boosey & Hawkes Inc.

Concerto per Corde23'
For orchestra
Choo San Goh/Ballet Nuebo Mondo - "Lost Cry Paradise"

Estancia35'
Ballet for orchestra
1(=piccII).picc.2.2.2-4.2.0.0-timp.perc(5)-pft-strings-solo baritone


One act ballet "based on Argentine country life" composed in 1941 and first staged in Buenos Aires in 1952. Ginastera's popular suite drawn drom the ballet, Dances from Estancia, is also suitable for choreography.

Estancia. Dances from,28'
For orchestra
1(=picc).picc.2.2.2-4.2.0.0-timp.perc(5)-pno-strings

Billy Wilson/Dance Theatre of Harlem - "Ginastera"

Harp Concerto, op.25 (1956-65)23'
For orchestra
2(II=picc).2.2.2-2.2.0.0-timp.perc(4)-cel-strings(8.8.6.6.4)

Choo San Goh/Ballet Nuevo Mondo - "Birds of Paradise"
Robert Louis Arrieta/Geneva Gr.Th.Ballet

Panambi.35'
Ballet for orchestra
3.picc.3.corA.3.bcl.3.dbn-4.4.3.1-timp.perc(6)-2harp-pft-cel-strings-female chorus


Set in the pre-Columbian world of the Maya Indians. The ballet's premiere at the Teatro Colòn in 1940 provided Ginastera with his first major success.


Piano Concerto No.1, op.28 (1961)25'
For orchestra
2.picc.2.corA.2.Ebcl.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(5)-harp-cel-strings

Glen Tetley/Dance Theatre of Harlem - "Dialogues"

Piano Sonata No. 116'
For orchestra
Bella Lewitzky/Bella Lewitzky Dance - "Kinaesonata"

String Quartet No. 227'
For orchestra
John Butler/San Francisco Ballet - "Three"
Rudi van Dantzig/Dutch National Ballet - "Ginastera"

Variaciones concertantes, op.23 (1953)21'
For orchestra
2(II=picc).1.2.1-2.1.1.0-timp-harp-strings

Paul Sansardo/Paul Sansardo Dance - "Fatal Birds"