Rhythmic precision: Foxy Stravinsky from Salonen

Von Mark Pullinger, 27 Mai 2016

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“Salonen drove the complex rhythms convincingly, controlling the percussion assault”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Festival Hall, London, am 26 Mai 2016

Strawinsky, Renard

Strawinsky, Mavra

Strawinsky, Les Noces

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musikalische Leitung

Irina Brown, Regie

Louis Price, Bühnenbild

Natalya Pavlova, Parasha

Evelina Agabalaeva, Mother

Artyom Melikhov, Vassily/'Mavra'

Olga Bobrovskaya, Neighbour

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Klavier

Tamara Stefanovich, Klavier

Nenad Lečić, Klavier

Lorenzo Soulès, Klavier

Soloists from the Mariinsky Theatre

Philharmonia Orchestra

Quinny Sacks, Choreographie

Alexander Trofimov, Tenor

Yaroslav Petryanik, Bariton

Andrei Serov, Bass

Margarita Ivanova, Sopran

Shahla Tarrant, Tanz

Sam Archer, Tanz

Christopher Akrill, Tanz

Adam Gilbraith, Tanz

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Rhythmic precision: Foxy Stravinsky from Salonen and the Philharmonia