Home / Music / Frederick Ashton choreographed Four Saints in Three Acts after Balanchine declinedMusic linernotes album music virgil-thomsonFrederick Ashton choreographed Four Saints in Three Acts after Balanchine declinedFrederick Ashton provided the choreography after George Balanchine turned down the job. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesThe Mother of Us All was Virgil Thomson's second opera with Gertrude SteinVirgil Thomson's The Mother of Us All chronicles Susan B. Anthony's lifeFour Saints in Three Acts broke ground with an all-black cast of European saintsFour Saints in Three Acts premiered in Hartford in 1934Virgil Thomson's The Mother of Us All was recorded at Santa Fe Opera in 1976ExploreShuggie Otis produced Inspiration Information himself and played most of itSusanne Sundfør released The Brothel in March 2010Terje Rypdal is a key figure on ECM RecordsAlvin Lucier's Brilliance is experimental electroacoustic musicTim Duzit made Bush GirlsPrevious Fushitsusha's 1991 double album runs nearly two and a half hoursNext Four Saints in Three Acts premiered in Hartford in 1934