Event listing: Season Finale | Auckland Town Hall: Great Hall | jue 14 nov 2013 at 20:00

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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.

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Rotterdam, Países Bajos Cheltenham, Reino Unido Malvern, Reino Unido Praga, República Checa Kaohsiung City, Taiwán Tokyo, Japón

A stunning Rite of Spring from the Auckland Philharmonia

Simon Holden, 14th November

The overriding theme of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s season finale concert appeared to be night, teaming Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain with the raging force and violence of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.

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