Georges Bizet - "Jeux d'enfants", Orchestral Suite (1871) (Haitink)

Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 - 3 June 1875), registered at birth as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer of the romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire.
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Suite for Orchestra from "Jeux d'enfants" (1871)
1. Marche (Trompette et tambour) (0:00)
2. Berceuse (La poupée) 2:17
3. Impromptu (La toupie) 5:09
4. Duo (Petit mari, petite femme) 6:12
5. Galop (Le bal) 9:13
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink
rec. 1977
Jeux d'enfants ("Children's Games") Op. 22, is a suite of twelve miniatures for piano four hands, composed in 1871.
Bizet orchestrated five of these (Nos. 6, 3, 2, 11, 12) as the Petite Suite. The remaining movements were later orchestrated by Roy Douglas (5 numbers) and Hershy Kay (2 numbers) and the complete orchestral suite has been recorded as Jeux d'enfants. Bizet himself made an orchestral version of No. 8 which he did not include in the suite. It has been recorded by Michel Plasson.
Sigfrid Karg-Elert wrote his orchestral suite after Bizet's Jeux d'enfants, Op. 21, in 1902.
In 1955, George Balanchine choreographed the entire suite as the ballet Jeux d'enfants. In 1975 he made a new ballet, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, using only four of the movements.
A version for woodwind quintet of the final movement, "Le Bal," is the opening and closing theme music for the long-running syndicated Weekend Radio show, carried on many public radio stations.

[@philzmusic8098]

This piece s entirely new to me. Like everything by Bizet, it's perfect.

[@hectorbarrionuevo6034]

I think Bizet was a prime member of a line of Romantic composers (born up to the 1840s) that wrote colorful, brilliant orchestral music: Berlioz, Glinka, Wagner, Liszt, Gounod, Raff, Bizet, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov.

[@Apfelstrudl]

Another example of how great natural horn was regarded and played in France. When this was published (about 1880) pistons were long invented and in use but not in France. They taught natural horn in the Paris conservatory until 1903 (there already together with the modern horn with pistons). What crazy combinations epsecially in Mvt 1 with horn in E, G, Eb and C and Mvt 2 with Horn in E and very rare B and Db! They wanted to keep the at that time superior and uniqe sound of the natural horn but flexibility in harmonies. And you needed very good natural horn players to execute that chromatic stuff in respective the middle octaves in tune and with ease!

[@aramkhachaturian8043]

Very much underplayed.

[@webrarian]

Thank you. I would never have thought of looking at the score of this. It's really delightful, and I appreciate the time and effort you put these videos together.

[@josephfahner6778]

A spirited performance, bravo! The final movement is the one piece of music that I can recall from when I was a small child that was one of the tunes used as a background for a program of otherwise silent cartoons from the twenties, known as " The Early Bird Cartoons". I enjoyed the music so much then that I used to black out the screen to concentrate solely on the music. I wish I could identify the other pieces that were included on the program.

[@tomzeeh6618]

The last movement is used by Franz Waxman to great effect at the end of 1938 A Christmas Carol movie.

[@user-rv4qw3xi3c]

orchestrationの達人
明るくて華麗
ミヨーが「エクスの謝肉祭」「プロヴァンス組曲」で手本にしてそう
レスピーギのバレエ音楽「魔法の鍋」みたいな華麗なorchestration

[@TheMaestro2005]

That was fun

[@elenewalden7583]

We have a small orchestra and re playing this soon, but the conductor does not have a conductor score, where could he buy one?

[@raulespejo2587]

Elene Walden you may find it on imslp

[@alainlejeune1981]

Tout en fraicheur.

[@alainlejeune1981]

So French !

[@victoriakhong396]

Not for self - 9:14

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[@estefaniasanchez1552]

Please, take a look at the description of the video.
If Bizet died in 1875, how could he write the orchestration in 1880? (!)

[@bartjebartmans]

1880 was the year it was published. But you are right I should change it to 1871 year of composition.

[@alainlejeune1981]

ave' l'assen

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