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Work: Orpheus

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ComposerStravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeDance
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LuganoFauré, Shostakovich, Stravinsky

© Julia Wesely
Fauré, Shostakovich, Stravinsky
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana; Jérémie Rhorer; Maximilian Hornung

LondonSimon Trpčeski plays Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Gluck, Stravinsky, Mazzoli, Shostakovich
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Christian Karlsen; Simon Trpčeski
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Perfect pairs: Stravinsky with Thomas Adès and Anne-Sophie Mutter

Anne-Sophie Mutter and the LSO © LSO | Mark Allan
What fills a large London concert hall? It could be time for a rethink.
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NYCB: Orpheus – once hot, now on life support

Adrian Danchig-Waring as Orpheus and Brittany Pollack as Eurydice in Balanchine's Orpheus © Erin Baiano
Someone at New York City Ballet needs to believe in Orpheus before they present it again.
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NYCB: 75th anniversary program is an appealing, popular nod to history

Joseph Gordon in George Balanchine's Orpheus © Erin Baiano
New York City Ballet marked its 75th anniversary with the same triple bill that caused so much excitement at City Center in 1948: Orpheus, Concerto Barocco and Symphony in C.
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Bachtrack top ten: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky, portrait by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1915) © Public domain
No 20th-century composer adapted his style as much as Igor Stravinsky. From his early ballets for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes to his neoclassical phase and serialism, Stravinsky’s music underwent many transformations.