Event listing: Rite of Spring | Westergasfabriek: Gashouder | Event is in the past

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Westergasfabriek: GashouderKlönneplein 1, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1014 BE, Netherlands

Dates/times in Amsterdam time zone

Programme

Shaw, Caroline (b. 1982)	Music in Common Time
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Ticheli, Frank (b. 1958)	Earth Song

Performers

Christiane Jatahy	Director
Evangelía Kranióti	Video
Cappella Amsterdam
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
Karina Canellakis	Conductor

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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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Brazilian-flavoured Rite of Spring opens the Holland Festival

Eleanor Knight, 6th June

Evangelia Kranioti's film reawakens the extraordinary extremity of Stravinksy's original ballet score in the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic's performance.

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