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Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet

Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet is a one-act ballet by George Balanchine, to Johannes Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1, orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg. The ballet premiered on April 21, 1966 at the New York State Theater, performed by the New York City Ballet.

Background and production
Arnold Schoenberg's orchestration of Johannes Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1 premiered in 1937. The ballet is plotless and has four movements, titled Allegro, Intermezzo, Andante and Rondo Alla Zingarese. In 1985, two years after Balanchine died, NYCB switched to a new set designed by David Mitchell, Mark Stanley later redesigned the lighting. The San Francisco Ballet had also performed the ballet. ==Casts==
Casts
• World premiere: World premiere: Melissa Hayden, Gloria Govrin, Patricia McBride, Allegra Kent, Suzanne Farrell, André Prokovsky, Conrad Ludlow, Edward Villella, Jacques d'Amboise • Paris Opera Ballet premiere (2016): Dorothée Gilbert, Mathieu Ganio, Sabrina Mallem, Amandine Albisson, Stéphane Bullion, Myriam Ould-Braham, Mathias Heymann, Laura Hecquet, Karl Paquette ==References==
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