Prom 20: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

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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.

Everyday miracle from Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Roy Westbrook, 31st July

How various the orchestral sounds of this era - here were four in one programme, written between 1913 and 2000, by an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Greek and a Russian.

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