Shura Cherkassky plays Igor Stravinsky's Circus Polka: For a Young Elephantas an encore at a 1995 recital. This piece was originally commissioned by the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1942 to accompany a "ballet" for fifty elephants that was choreographed by George Balanchine: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM on October 25, 2019