Rhythmic precision: Foxy Stravinsky from Salonen

Por Mark Pullinger, 27 mayo 2016

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

Crítica hecha desde Royal Festival Hall, Londres el 26 mayo 2016

Stravinsky, Renard

Stravinsky, Mavra

Stravinsky, Les Noces

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Dirección

Irina Brown, Dirección de escena

Louis Price, Diseño de escena

Natalya Pavlova, Parasha

Evelina Agabalaeva, Mother

Artyom Melikhov, Vassily/'Mavra'

Olga Bobrovskaya, Neighbour

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano

Tamara Stefanovich, Piano

Nenad Lečić, Piano

Lorenzo Soulès, Piano

Soloists from the Mariinsky Theatre

Philharmonia Orchestra

Quinny Sacks, Coreografía

Alexander Trofimov, Tenor

Yaroslav Petryanik, Barítono

Andrei Serov, Bajo

Margarita Ivanova, Soprano

Shahla Tarrant, Bailarín

Sam Archer, Bailarín

Christopher Akrill, Bailarín

Adam Gilbraith, Bailarín

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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