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Simon Jeffes
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe (1991)
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01) Air à Danser
02) Prelude and Yodel
03) Horns of the Bull
04) Pythagoras' Trousers
05) White Mischief
06) Now Nothing
07) Music by Numbers
08) Numbers 1 to 4
09) Perpetuum Mobile
10) Southern Jukebox Music
11) Oscar Tango
12) Music for a Found Harmonium

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1991

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Still Life at the Penguin Cafe is the name of a ballet choreographed by David Bintley and featuring music composed by Simon Jeffes, founder of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. It is also the title of the accompanying album. Geoffrey Richardson co-wrote one of the pieces.

The ballet's debut production in 1988 was performed by The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, in England. The ballet was conceived by David Bintley (at that time resident choreographer at Covent Garden), who approached Simon Jeffes about the music. The music for the ballet was drawn from several musical pieces composed by Jeffes before the ballet was conceived, composed during the period 1981 to 1987. Most of the pieces were originally written for small ensembles, consisting of, for example, violin, cello, guitar and piano. Jeffes orchestrated the pieces for the ballet, and in the Royal Ballet production, they were performed by a full orchestra. The ballet was filmed in 1988 by London Weekend Television and commercially released. The name of the ballet is derived from that of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, which was Simon Jeffes' ensemble.



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