Capriol Suite

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton

Composer: Peter Warlock

Costume designer: William Chappell

World premiere: 25 Feb 1930, Marie Rambert Dancers, Lyric Hammersmith, London

Revival credits: 1983 revival: Lighting designer: John B. Read

Music title: Capriol Suite (1926)

Music details: Live music: 2 pianos

Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive; Vaughan, D. 'Frederick Ashton and His Ballets' (Alfred A. Knopf, 1977)

Archive catalogue: WORK/0023

Performances

Date ↿⇂	Programme ↿⇂	Venue ↿⇂
25 Feb 1930 Matinee	Leda and the Swan^* \| Entrée de Cupidon \| Gavotte Joyeuse \| Gavotte Sentimentale \| L'Indifferent \| Flight of Swans \| Russian Peasant \| Mannequin \| The Ballet of Mars and Venus \| Capriol Suite^* \| Our Lady's Juggler^*	Lyric Hammersmith, London
23 Jun 1930 Evening	Leda and the Swan \| La Belle Viennoise \| Saudade do Brésil^* \| Mannequin \| Mademoiselle de Maupin^* \| Our Lady's Juggler \| Les Sylphides^* \| Capriol Suite \| Russian Peasant \| ''I Can't Abear a Butcher''^* \| Le Rugby^* \| Mazurka des Hussars^* \| Galop^*	Lyric Hammersmith, London
8 Jul 1930 Matinee	Capriol Suite	New Scala Theatre, London
20 Dec 1930 Evening	Carnaval^* \| Cricket^* \| Rugby \| A Florentine Picture^* \| Le Spectre de la Rose \| Les Sylphides \| Capriol Suite \| Shepherd's Hornpipe \| Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' \| Mannequin \| Farrucca \| Final Galop	Lyric Hammersmith, London
22 Dec 1930 Evening	Carnaval \| Cricket \| Rugby \| A Florentine Picture \| Le Spectre de la Rose \| Les Sylphides \| Capriol Suite \| Shepherd's Hornpipe \| Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' \| Mannequin \| Farrucca \| Final Galop	Lyric Hammersmith, London
3 Jan 1931 Evening	Carnaval \| Cricket \| Rugby \| A Florentine Picture \| Le Spectre de la Rose \| Les Sylphides \| Capriol Suite \| Shepherd's Hornpipe \| Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' \| Mannequin \| Farrucca \| Final Galop	Lyric Hammersmith, London
5 Jan 1931 Evening	Carnaval \| Cricket \| Rugby \| A Florentine Picture \| Le Spectre de la Rose \| Les Sylphides \| Capriol Suite \| Primavera^* \| Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' \| Mannequin \| Final Galop	Lyric Hammersmith, London
4 May 1931 Evening	La Péri \| Le Boxing \| Capriol Suite \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| A Florentine Picture \| Façade^*	Mercury Theatre, London
22 Jun 1931 Evening	Carnaval \| Le Boxing \| Waterloo and the Crimea \| Mercury^* \| Pavane \| Russian Peasant \| La Belle Ecuyère \| Variation from ''Swan Lake'' \| Blue Bird \| Mannequin \| Mademoiselle de Maupin \| Mazurka Finale	Lyric Hammersmith, London
10 Oct 1931 Evening	Les Sylphides \| Songs (The Moussorgsky Vocal Quartet) \| Le Rugby \| Dances from ''The Three Cornered Hat'' \| Capriol Suite \| La Péri \| Chinese Magician \| Songs (The Moussorgsky Vocal Quartet) \| Mars and Venus \| Russian Boyard Dance \| American Sailor \| Mannequin \| Peasants' Frolic	New Theatre, London
28 Oct 1934 Evening	If Love's a Sweet Passion (Purcell) \| The Alcina Suite (La Belle Assemblée from Vauxhall Gardens)^* \| Capriol Suite \| The Planets^* \| Foyer de Danse	Mercury Theatre, London
12 Jun 1936 Evening	Our Lady's Juggler \| The Descent of Hebe \| Valses Nobles et Sentimentales \| Capriol Suite \| Le Rugby	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
13 Jun 1936 Evening	Our Lady's Juggler \| The Descent of Hebe \| Valses Nobles et Sentimentales \| Capriol Suite \| Le Rugby	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
29 Nov 1936 Evening	Passionate Pavane \| The Planets \| La Muse s'Amuse \| The American Sailor \| The Shepherd's Wooing \| Pompette \| Capriol Suite	Mercury Theatre, London
10 Jun 1937 Matinee	The Strike of Wives \| Valse Romantique No. 2 (Chabrier) \| Bluebird \| Death and the Maiden \| The Planets \| La Muse s'Amuse \| Valse Caprice (Rubenstein) \| Capriol Suite	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
10 Jun 1937 Evening	The Strike of Wives \| Bluebird \| Death and the Maiden \| The Planets \| La Muse s'Amuse \| Valse Caprice (Rubenstein) \| Capriol Suite	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
16 Mar 1938 Evening	Foyer de Danse \| The Tartans \| Le Péri^* \| Death and the Maiden \| Standchen (Strauss, arr. Walter Gieseking) \| Liebeslied (Kreisler, arr. Rachmaninoff) \| Capriol Suite	Mercury Theatre, London
19 Mar 1939 Evening	Dances from ''Lac des Cygnes'' \| Paris-Soir^* \| Death and the Maiden \| Death and the Maiden \| Capriol Suite	Mercury Theatre, London
2 Jul 1941 Early evening	Mermaid \| Florentine Picture \| Catarina, ou La Fille du Bandit \| Farruca^* \| Capriol Suite	The Arts Theatre Club, London
6 May 1983 Evening	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| Capriol Suite \| Chicago Brass \| Concertino^*	Theatre Royal, Norwich