Rites Remade

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

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Niculescu, Ștefan (1927-2008)	Ison II (UK premiere)
Meredith, Anna	Origami Songs
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)	Perpetuum mobile (UK premiere)
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Performers

Erik Bosgraaf	Recorder
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth	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.

Hymns ancient and modern from Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBCSO

Peter Quantrill, 22nd October

A major premiere from Romania and a Russian classic that’s forever new in a concert that struck out with a spirit of adventure at the Barbican.

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