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Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

Name: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
Start: 2025-01-26T15:00:00
Location: Royal Festival Hall

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Music thrives on change: for centuries, great composers have channelled the spirit of their age into music that shocked some and gripped others – but has never lost its power to thrill. Stravinsky’s taboo-smashing ballet provides the final blast tonight, as Vasily Petrenko conducts this explosive opening concert of the RPO’s new series. But first he explores the rich, strange and sometimes violent new sounds that Alban Berg created in the Vienna ...

Program

Alban Berg - Three Pieces for Orchestra

Composer

Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)

Participants

Vasily Petrenko

Conductor

Paul Lewis

Piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Producer