Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts The Firebird

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Splintering silences in Salonen's Firebird

Rebecca Lentjes, 18th October

Esa-Pekka Salonen infused his rendition of L'Oiseau de feu with air rather than fire. I’ve come to expect passion and urgency from performances of the complete ballet, but his splintering silences and startling dynamic shifts lent a unique tone to the work.

***11

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	König Stephan, Op.117: Ouvertüre
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 in C-Dur, Op.15
Strawinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	The Firebird

New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen	Musikalische Leitung
Jeremy Denk	Klavier