The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage OneSt Mary's Square
Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, North-East, NE8 2JR, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) | L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale): suite | |
| Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) | Piano Concerto in G major | |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, Op.60 |
Performers
| Royal Northern Sinfonia | |
| Thierry Fischer | Conductor |
| Dame Imogen Cooper | Piano |
Wandering the streets of Harlem in 1920,
Maurice Ravel fell under the intoxicating
influence of jazz. He returned to France
with a spectacular sonic souvenir: a
Piano Concerto that took the sexiness
of syncopation and the exoticism of the
blue note and cultivated them in classical
soil. It’s about as agile, lithe and full of
panache as Beethoven’s ‘less-is-more’
Fourth Symphony.
Maurice Ravel fell under the intoxicating
influence of jazz. He returned to France
with a spectacular sonic souvenir: a
Piano Concerto that took the sexiness
of syncopation and the exoticism of the
blue note and cultivated them in classical
soil. It’s about as agile, lithe and full of
panache as Beethoven’s ‘less-is-more’
Fourth Symphony.
