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Choreographer: Walter Gore

Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov

Set designer: Kenneth Rowell

Costume designer: Kenneth Rowell

World premiere: 19 Nov 1948, Ballet Rambert, His Majesty's Theatre

Work note: ''The Winter night of my despair''.Dedication: 'Dedicated to Sally Gilmour'.

Production note: In the programmes, Kenneth Rowell is credited as 'decor' or 'decor and costumes'.

Number of dancers: 13 dancers

Music title: Concerto No. 2 in C for Piano and Orchestra (1900-01)

Music details: Live music: piano and orchestra; sometimes performed to a recording

Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive

Archive catalogue: WORK/0143

Date ↿⇂	Programme ↿⇂	Venue ↿⇂
19 Nov 1948 Evening	The Descent of Hebe \| Carnival of Animals \| Winter Night^* \| The Nutcracker Suite	His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
8 Nov 1950 Evening	Les Sylphides \| Kaleidescope \| Jota Aragonesa^* \| Winter Night \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Arts Theatre Cambridge
8 Jul 1952 Evening	Nutcracker Suite \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère \| Winter Night \| Façade (The Original Version)	Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
17 May 1954 Evening	Les Sylphides \| Love Knots^* \| Winter Night \| Façade (The Original Version)	Oxford Playhouse
21 Jun 1954 Evening	Les Sylphides \| Variations on a Theme^* \| Gala Performance \| Winter Night	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
7 May 1956 Evening	Swan Lake (Act II) \| Winter Night \| Judgment of Paris \| Coppélia (Act III)^*	Arts Theatre Cambridge
10 Jul 1956 Evening	Winter Night \| The Dying Swan \| Façade \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| Les Sylphides	Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
23 Jul 1962 Evening	Night Shadow \| Façade (The Original Version) \| Conflicts^* \| Winter Night	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London

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