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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.

Hymns ancient and modern from Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBCSO

Peter Quantrill, 22nd October

A major premiere from Romania and a Russian classic that’s forever new in a concert that struck out with a spirit of adventure at the Barbican.

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