Uploaded by Epogdous on Aug 15, 2009
Elliot Carter (*1908)
The Minotaur (1947), ballet
Scene I: King Minos' Palace i Crete
- Overture
- Queen Pasiphae prepares for a tryst with the scred bull
- Entrance of the bulls and the sacred bull
- Dance of the bulls and Pasiphae with the sacred bull
- Interlude - Pasiphae's heartbeat becomes the pounding
of hammers used in building the labyrinth
Scene II: Before the Labyrinth
- Building the labyrinth to imprison minotaur who destroys men
- Entrance of King Minos
- Selection of Greek victims to be sent into the labyrinth
- Ariadne, princess of Crete, dances with Theseus, a Greek victim
- Greek victims are driven into the labyrinth
- Theseus' farewell to Ariadne as he enters the labyrinth
- Ariadne unwinds her thead as Theseus, entering the labyrinth, pulls the thread after him
- Theseus fights and kills Minotaur (as his movements are transmitted to Ariadne who is holding the other end of the thread)
- Ariadne rewinds her thread to lead Theseus out of the labyrinth
- The thread breaks. Ariadne is greatly dismayed
- Theseus and some of the Greeks emerge from the labyrinth and rejoice
- The Greeks and Theseus, forgetting Ariadne, leave Crete
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz
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