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AltoAllViolinViolaTubaTrumpetTromboneTimpaniPiccoloOboeHarpFrench hornFluteCor anglaisCelloBassoonBass clarinetBagpipesAlto saxophoneWikipediaFeu d'artifice, Op. 4 (Fireworks, Russian: Фейерверк, Feyerverk) is a composition by
Igor Stravinsky, written in 1908 and described by the composer as a "short orchestral fantasy". It usually takes less than four minutes to perform.
Stravinsky composed Feu d'artifice as a wedding present for
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's daughter Nadezhda and Maximilian Steinberg, who had married a few days before her father's death. Feu d'artifice helped develop Stravinsky's reputation as a composer, although it is not considered representative of his mature work. The work has some hints of bi-tonality but is for the most part similar in style to that of Rimsky-Korsakov who, at the time, was his teacher and mentor. It has the form of a scherzo but is still labeled "orchestral fantasy" because of its short length.
Alexander Siloti conducted the premiere on 6 February 1909. Stravinsky got the commission from Sergei Diaghilev to write
The Firebird (1910) in part because Diaghilev heard this piece of music, and was impressed with its orchestration.
The work is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 3 clarinets (3rd doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists (cymbals, bass drum, triangle, and glockenspiel), 2 harps, celesta, and strings.
Notable recordings of the complete fantasy include: