In 1935 he created his ballet ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ Prokofiev created from it three concert suites, two in 1936 and a third ten years later. The music was first heard in concert rather than in the theatre. The play consists of nearly 52 different musical numbers. One of which is the ‘Dance of the knights,’ or better known as the ‘Montagues and the Capulets.’ It comes from the second of Prokofiev’s three concert suites. The scene is the Capulet’s ball in Act I and the seriousness of the dance is overlaid by a stormy atmosphere suggestive of the aggressive and uncompromising rivalry between the two
In 1935 he created his ballet ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ Prokofiev created from it three concert suites, two in 1936 and a third ten years later. The music was first heard in concert rather than in the theatre. The play consists of nearly 52 different musical numbers. One of which is the ‘Dance of the knights,’ or better known as the ‘Montagues and the Capulets.’ It comes from the second of Prokofiev’s three concert suites. The scene is the Capulet’s ball in Act I and the seriousness of the dance is overlaid by a stormy atmosphere suggestive of the aggressive and uncompromising rivalry between the two