Event listing: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, Bertrand Chamayou | LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura: Sala Teatro | Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 20:30

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LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura: Sala TeatroPiazza Bernardino Luini, 6, Lugano, Ticino, 6900, Switzerland

Dates/times in Zurich time zone

Programme

Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich (1833-1887)	Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)	Piano Concerto no. 5 in F major, "Egyptian," Op.103
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Performers

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit	Conductor
Bertrand Chamayou	Piano

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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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Evocation of the Ancestors: Dutoit in Lugano

James Imam, 22nd September

Charles Dutoit, still sporting his trademark slick of black hair and a 79-year-old whirlwind of francophone charisma, clearly brings this band's playing to a new level, especially when the repertoire happens to be French and Russian music of the 20th century.

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