Seven Pieces for Small Orchestra (Interludes), B15
Opus number
–
Burghauser catalogue number
15
Date of composition
12 January – 5 February 1867
Premiere - date and place
31 January 1991, London
Premiere performer(s)
New London Orchestra, conductor Ronald Carp
First edition
Editio Supraphon, 1989, Prague
Instrumentation
1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, violins, violas, cellos, double basses
Parts / movements
1. Capriccio (Allegro risouluto)
2. (Andante sostenuto)
3. Con molta espressione
4. Allegro con brio
5. (Allegro assai)
6. Serenade
7. Allegro animato
Duration
approx. 24 min.
Up until the beginning of the 1890s it was the custom at Provisional (and later also National) Theatre in Prague drama productions to play music during the interval written for a small ensemble of musicians. Apart from works by various foreign and domestic composers, Dvořák, viola player with the Provisional Theatre at the time, also contributed his music. Seven Pieces for Small Orchestra was discovered in 1951 in the estate of music publisher Mojmir Urbánek.