Event listing: Sydney Symphony with Arabella Steinbacher | Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall | Fri 14 Jun 2013 at 20:00

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Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Programme

Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale)
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Performers

Arabella Steinbacher	Violin
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit	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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Sydney Symphony play Stravinsky and Mendelssohn with Dutoit and Steinbacher

Oliver Brett, 14th June

For the second of his two concerts conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit presented a program consisting of highly contrasting works by Stravinsky and Mendelssohn, including Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, celebrating the 100th anniversary of work’s first performance in 1913.

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