Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel

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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Petrushka
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	The Firebird: Finale
Traditional	Aires de Venezuela

Performers

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel	Conductor

£65, £45, £28, £15, Premium seats £85

Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela return to their London home.

In a spectacular all-Stravinsky programme they offset the carnivalesque sounds of Petrushka, about a puppet who comes to life at a fair in St Petersburg, against the electrifying rhythmic force of The Rite of Spring, whose primeval eruptions of sound culminate in a shattering dance of death.

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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.

Lost in translation: Big band Stravinsky

Jack Johnson, 18th January

Rising superstar Gustavo Dudamel led mixed interpretations of two of Stravinky's best-loved scores; consistently good orchestral playing was augmented by occasional glimpses of brilliance.

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