Event listing: Grubinger, Grubinger Sr, Schmidinger, Önder, Önder | Konzerthaus: Mozart Saal | Sun 19 Feb 2012 at 15:30

Loading, please wait...

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.

See Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, Sz.110 in

Naples, Italy Barcelona, Spain Munich, Germany Lille, France

The Grubinger piano and percussion ensemble keeps it in the family

Zwölftöner, 19th February

Martin Grubinger may be regarded as one of the world’s most exciting percussion virtuosi, but for my money his greatest strengths are pianistic: the rich density of timbre he gets from his instruments (which are mainly the marimba and xylophone), the gift for turning an eloquent phrase, and the seamless legato that comes from sensitive touch and a finely-tuned ear for decay.

***11