"[4]: 349 Karin von Aroldingen, one of the original cast members, called the ballet "Kammer-computer" as it is "speedy."
"[1] Sean Lavery, another original cast member, believed that Balanchine "knew exactly what the corps were doing when the principals were doing something else.
2 premiered on January 26, 1978, at the New York State Theater,[4]: 418 with Robert Irving conducting and the piano played by Gordon Boelzner.
[9] Following the premiere, New York Times critic Anna Kisselgoff commented that Kammermusik No.
"[3] Reviewing a performance six years later, she wrote that it "remains as startling and jarring as ever ... it will never become an audience favorite.