The Year 1941 (Prokofiev) The Year 1941 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote the symphonic suite The Year 1941 (Op. 90) in 1941. Prokofiev, along with other composers, was evacuated to the Caucasus when Germany started attacking the Soviet Union in 1941. It was under such circumstances that Prokofiev began work on this symphonic suite. He was working on his epic opera "War and Peace" and the "String Quartet No. 2" at the same time. The whole suite lasts for around 15 minutes. The suite is scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets,
Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) sound to the orchestra as it is used both in solo and as part of the ensemble. Prokofiev also used the cornet, viola d'amore and mandolins in the ballet, adding an Italianate flavor to the music. Full instrumentation is as follows: The score is published by Muzyka and the Russian State Publisher. List of acts, scenes and musical numbers. Prokofiev reduced selected music from the ballet as "Romeo and Juliet: Ten Pieces for Piano", Op. 75, which were performed in 1936 and 1937. Sergei Prokofiev himself made the first recording of music from the ballet, with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra