Chichester Psalms (ballet)

Chichester Psalms is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master in chief Peter Martins to eponymous music by Leonard Bernstein. The premiere took place 2 June 2004 at the New York State Theater, with performance by the Juilliard Choral Union, costumes designed by Catherine Barinas, and lighting by Mark Stanley.

Original cast

Reviews

NY Times by Anna Kisselgoff, June 4, 2004
NY Times by Jenifer Dunning, April 29, 2005

NY Times by Alastair Macaulay, November 26, 2008

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List of compositions Awards
Opera and operetta	Trouble in Tahiti (1951) Candide (1956) A Quiet Place (1983)
Musicals	On the Town (1944) "New York, New York" "Lonely Town" Peter Pan (1950) Wonderful Town (1953) "Ohio" West Side Story (1957) "A Boy Like That" "America" "Cool" "Gee, Officer Krupke" "I Feel Pretty" "Maria" "One Hand, One Heart" "Something's Coming" "Somewhere" Tonight" "Tonight Quintet" A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1958, collaboration) The Race to Urga (1968) 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976) The Madwoman of Central Park West (1979, contribution)
Ballet	Fancy Free (1944) Dybbuk (1974)
Orchestral music	Symphony No. 1 (Jeremiah) (1942) Symphony No. 2 (The Age of Anxiety) (1948–49, revised 1965) Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish) (1963) Fanfare for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy (1961) CBS Music (1976) Slava! A Political Overture (1977) Divertimento (1980) Concerto for Orchestra (1986, 1988, 1989, originally Jubilee Games)
Concertante	Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (1948) Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" (1954) Ḥalil (1981)
Chamber music	Piano Trio (1937) Clarinet Sonata (1942) Dance Suite (1989)
Choral	Hashkiveinu (1945) Chichester Psalms (1965) "Olympic Hymn" (1981) Missa Brevis (1988)
Vocal	Psalm 148 (art song, 1935) I Hate Music (song cycle, 1943) La Bonne Cuisine (song cycle, 1947) "So Pretty" (1968) Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra (1977) "My Twelve Tone Melody" (1988)
Piano music	Non troppo presto (Music for the Dance No. 1) (1937) Music for the Dance No. 2 (1938) Sonata for the Piano (1938) Anniversaries (1942—1988) Seven Ann. (1942–43) Four Ann. (1948) Five Ann. (1949–51) Thirteen Ann. (1988) Four Sabras (ca. 1950) Bridal Suite (1960) Touches (1980)
Other compositions	The Lark (incidental music) (1955) Mass (1971) Opening Prayer (1986)
Film adaptations	On the Town (1949 film) West Side Story (1961 film) West Side Story (2021 film)
Books	The Joy of Music
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