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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.

Nott shapes a visceral arc with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

SangKwon Lee, 6th July

Fragmentation to ritual: this was no Rite of Spring of two halves but a single, vast architectural crescendo.

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