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FALSTAFF-SUITE NR. 1
A note to Falstaff-Suite Nr. 1
"Falstaff- Suite Nr. 1" is a concert version of the first act of the ballet entitled "John Falstaff" (1984).
The suite contains the following mouvements:
| 1. |
Ouverture, Auftritt Falstaff (Entrance Falstaff) |
| 2. |
Auftritt Prinz Heinrich, Tanz (Entrance Prince Henry, dance) |
| 3. |
Der Überfall (Robbery) |
| 3a. |
Der Überfall (Falstaffs Version) (Robbery in Falstaff's interpretation) |
| 4. |
König Heinrich und Prinz Heinrich (King Henry and Prince Henry) |
| 5. |
Die Wildschweinkopf-Kneipe (The Boar's-head tavern) |
| 6. |
Heldenbeweinung (Lamentation of a hero) |
| 7. |
Mustern und Exerzieren (Mustering and drilling) |
| 8. |
Falstaffs Verbannung (Falstaff's banishment) |
For reasons of balance of tempi in the single mouvements a new slow mouvement was composed. It is No. 4 referring to the relationship between the father King Henry IV and his son Prince Henry.
The music rely on madrigals and instrumental music of the Elisabethanien era combined with my own musical "language".
There are the following quotations:
| 1. |
In the "Ouverture" a Pavan by William Byrd from "Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, 2nd
Volume." |
| 2. |
In No. 3 and 3a an English air tune, anonymous |
| 3. |
In No. 4 the madrigal "Come, sable night" by John Ward from "First Set of Madrigals" |
| 4. |
In No. 6 "Lachrimae tristes" from "Lachrimae, or seven tears" by John Dowland |
| 5. |
In No. 7 the madrigal "Hark, all ye lovely saints" by Thomas Weelkes from "Ballets
and Madrigals, to Five Voice" |
| 6. |
In No. 8 "Lachrimae tristes" from "Lachrimae, or seven tears" by John Dowland |
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