Work

Beautiful Day

Beautiful Day
The music for this work has been attributed to both Johann Sebastian Bach and, more recently, the Baroque composer Georg Melchior Hoffmann. Beautiful Day was commissioned, in part, by Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Mark Morris
Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Melchior Hoffmann
Cantata "Schlage doch, gewunschte Stunde," BWV 53 (attributed to J.S. Bach or Georg-Melchior Hoffmann)
James F. Ingalls
Susan Ruddie
Jacob's Pillow
mezzo-soprano, orchestra
2
7 minutes
April 7, 1992, Mark Morris Dance Group
Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom (New York, NY) - April 7-18, 1992
Clarice Marshall, Keith Sabado

Performances & Events

"Solos, Duets, and Trios," Mark Morris Dance Center (Brooklyn, NY) - March 11-25, 2006
Tanglewood Music Center (Lenox, MA) - July 1-2, 2004
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Becket, MA) - July 24-29, 2001
University Musical Society (Ann Arbor, MI) - April 20-21, 2001
"Mark Morris Dance Group 20th Anniversary Season," Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY) - March 6-25, 2001
Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (Istanbul, Turkey) - June 11-14, 1996
Palm Beach State College (Lake Worth, FL) - January 16, 1996
Florida Theatre (Jacksonville, FL) - January 14, 1996
Gusman Center Community Concerts (Miami, FL) - January 12, 1996
University of North Carolina Greensboro (Greensboro, NC) - October 12, 1995
Hopkins Center for the Arts (Hanover, NH) - October 9-10, 1995
University of Connecticut Storrs (Storrs, CT) - October 7, 1995
Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT) - October 6, 1995
Dance Umbrella Gala (Woking, England) - April 2, 1995
Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH) - February 12, 1995
Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME) - February 9-10, 1995
Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) - January 20-22, 1995
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) - January 18, 1995
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