Pierre Boulez 90th Birthday Festival

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Boulez, Pierre (1925-2016)	Livre pour cordes
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Boulez, Pierre (1925-2016)	Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna

Performers

London Symphony Orchestra
Peter Eötvös	Conductor

Tickets: £10 £16 £22 £28 £38.
On sale online from 10 Feb 2014.

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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.

Eötvös channels Boulez in a Solemn Rituel and a Primal Rite

Gavin Dixon, 24th April

The London Symphony Orchestra celebrates Boulez at 90 with a compelling performance under his protege Péter Eötvös.

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