Event listing: Philharmonia Orchestra | Usher Hall | Tue 23 Aug 2011 at 20:00

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Usher Hall Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2EA, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Festival: Edinburgh International Festival

Programme

Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915)	Le Poème de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), Op.54
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Shéhérazade
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Performers

Esa-Pekka Salonen	Conductor
Kelley O'Connor	Mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra

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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.

Marianne Crebassa: “I love telling stories”

Mark Pullinger, 9th January

The young French mezzo discusses Ravel's Shéhérazade, and reflects on the art of song and her approach to recitals.

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A Rite for All Seasons

Alan Coady, 23rd August

If I had the use of the TARDIS for one night, I'd head for the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, May 29th 1913 – scene of the première of Stravinsky's, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring).

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