MUSIC
Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Constant Lambert, orchestrated by William Walton
1. Cantata 140: Wachet auf (final chorale)
2. Cantata 142: Dein Geburstag ist erschienen (bass aria)
3. Cantata 99: Was Gott tut (opening chorus)
4. Organ Chorale BWU 727: Herzlich tutmir verlangen
5. Cantata 85: Ich bin ein guter Hirt (tenor aria), Seht, was die Liebe tut
6. Cantata 26: Ach wie fluchtig (opening chorus)
7. Cantata 208: Was mir behagt (soprano aria), Schafe, können sicher weiden
8. As 3, with different scoring, orchestrated to two ritornelli without chorale
9. Cantata 129: Gelobet sei der Herr (concluding chorale setting)
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Rex Whistler
DANCERS
The Bridegroom: Michael Somes; The Bride: Margot Fonteyn; The Father: Claude Newman; The Mother: Annabel Farjeon; Wise Virgins: Julia Farron, Olive Deacon, Joan Leaman, Joan Sheldon, Palma Nye; Foolish Virgins: Mary Honer, Elizabeth Kennedy, Joy Newton, Patricia Garnett, Jean Bedells; Angels: Richard Ellis, John Hart, Leslie Edwards, Leo Young, Stanley Hall; Cherubs: Deryk Mendel, Margaret Dale, Guineverre Parry, Mavis Jackson
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Vic-Wells Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 24 April 1940
New Stagings / Productions
Royal Ballet, 1970
STAGING
Royal Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; solo for the Bride only
DANCERS
Margot Fonteyn, who danced it again on other occasions
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970
Ballet for All, 1972
STAGING
Ballet for All; solo for the Bride only
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 13 October 1972
Copyright © 2004 by David Vaughan
This listing is part of a chronology that was originally published in Vaughan’s Frederick Ashton and His Ballets (Alfred E Knopf 1976; 2nd ed., London: Dance Books, 1999) and includes new productions added since then, and up until 2007