Event listing: Francois-Frederic Guy piano; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano | Wigmore Hall | Mon 2 Jul 2012 at 13:00

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Performing Rites: how Stravinsky’s Sacre du printemps still shocks

Mark Pullinger, 29th March

Over a century after its premiere, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring still has the power to shock. Vasily Petrenko offers insights, while Tamara Rojo reflects on one of the most powerful choreographies, the version by Pina Bausch.

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Erotic and Exotic: François-Frédéric Guy and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet at Wigmore Hall

Frances Wilson, 2nd July

In a neat piece of programming, Monday’s Wigmore Hall lunchtime concert brought together two French master-pianists to play two French masterpieces for the ballet, Debussy’s Jeux and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, both transcribed for two pianos.The works are, in fact, old friends, and were both introduced to the world by the Ballets Russes, in 1913.

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