Stravinsky composed the Movements on commission by a Swiss industrialist for his pianist wife Margrit Weber, for the sum of $15,000. Mrs. Weber premiered the work at a Stravinsky Festival in New York’s Town Hall on January 10, 1960 with the composer himself conducting. Herr Weber had asked for a work of between 15 and 20 minutes but instead Stravinsky fulfilled the commission with a more refined and compressed piece lasting around half the length of the commission.
Date of composition | 1959 (1958-1959) |
Premiered | 1960, January 10th (New York’s Town Hall) in New York, NY, United States by Igor Stravinsky |
Dedicated to | Dedicated to the pianist Margrit Weber |
Type | Concerto |
Approx. duration | 10 minutes |
Instruments |
Piano
Chamber orchestra |
Autotranslations beta |
Igor Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Movements for Piano and Orchestra Igor Strawinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra |