La Guirlande de Campra is collaborative orchestral work written by seven French composers in 1952.
It is in the form of variations or meditations on a theme from André Campra's 1717 opera Camille, reine des Volsques.
[1] The numbers and their composers are: The work was first performed on 30 July 1952[6] at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, by the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, under conductor Hans Rosbaud.
[3] Benjamin Britten attended the premiere, and it gave him the idea of commissioning several composers to contribute to a set of Variations on an Elizabethan Theme to celebrate the forthcoming coronation of Elizabeth II, for which he was also writing his opera Gloriana.
[7][8] In 1966, a ballet, La Guirlande de Campra, was choreographed by John Taras and presented by New York City Ballet.