General Dance et Apotheosis (from The Bolt) Dmitri Shostakovitch / Schostakowitsch / Arr. John Brakstad

Serie / Series: Concert Band Originals and Transcriptions

The ballet The Bolt was composed in 19301931.
The title of the ballet means a bolt (a machine part commonly used in combination with a nut), and in this ballet there is a bolt in a place where it doesn't belong.
The work satirized bureaucratic snobs in the Soviet industrialization drive. If something didn't function within the proletarian machine, there was naturally a parasite to blame.
Following a lot of incidents, the ballet ends up with a concert and dance.After a lot of incidents, the ballet ends up with a concert and dance.

[NO]Balletten The Bolt ble skrevet i 1930 -1931. På norsk kalles den også Tappen.
Ballettens tittel henspiller på en bolt (en skrue).
Og i denne balletten finnes det en bolt på et sted der den ikke skal være.
Verket er en satire over byråkratiske snobber i det sovjetiske industrialiserings programmet. Hvis noe ikke fungerte i det proletariske maskineriet, var det naturlig å klandre en syndebukk, en parasitt.
Etter mange forviklinger ender balletten med en konsert og dans.

Aufnahme / Recording:GREEN HORNET - NEW MUSIC FOR CONCERT BAND 2011-2012
Concert Band Originals and Transcriptions

The ballet The Bolt was composed in 19301931.
The title of the ballet means a bolt (a machine part commonly used in combination with a nut), and in this ballet there is a bolt in a place where it doesn't belong.
The work satirized bureaucratic snobs in the Soviet industrialization drive. If something didn't function within the proletarian machine, there was naturally a parasite to blame.
Following a lot of incidents, the ballet ends up with a concert and dance.After a lot of incidents, the ballet ends up with a concert and dance.