Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
The Festival’s Honorary President, Valery Gergiev, and the outstanding London Symphony Orchestra bring the Festival’s Usher Hall concerts to a thrilling conclusion with music by two of the 20th century’s most dazzling, vibrant composers.
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev Conductor
Yefim Bronfman Piano
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin
Bartók Piano Concerto No 3
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
US-based pianist Yefim Bronfman is one of the most commanding, influential pianists performing today, and he is the soloist is Bartók’s magical Third Piano Concerto, combining serene spiritual reflection and unforgettable earthy melodies. The same composer’s blazing ballet score The Miraculous Mandarin opens the concert with vivid, provocative storytelling and some of the composer’s grandest music.
Gergiev closes the performance with the unstoppable rhythms and searing orchestral colours of Stravinsky’s history-changing The Rite of Spring.
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Programme
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev Conductor
Yefim Bronfman Piano
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin
Bartók Piano Concerto No 3
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
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