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Work: Pulcinella

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ComposerStravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1920
Work typeDance
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A heartfelt reunion with the Czech Philharmonic in Prague

Stefanie Irányi, Eric Finbarr Carey and Jongmin Park with the Czech Philharmonic © Jan Kantor
A stellar soloist and deft work by Semyon Bychkov put a fresh spin on familiar fare in the Rudolfinum. 
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Hannigan and the LSO in Haydn and Stravinsky

Fleur Barron, Barbara Hannigan and the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO | Mark Allan
Tempora mutantur; an inventive programme abut changing times, in the metrical, art-historical, and geo-political senses. 
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Stasevska and the BBCSO launch the Edinburgh International Festival

An evening of musical optimism launches the 2021 Edinburgh International Festival with a burst of light and colour.
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New York CityDouble Bass Master Class with Ödön Rácz: Stravinsky’s Pulcinella

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Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Dimitrios Mattas; Ödön Rácz
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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. 

“A look in the mirror”: Stravinsky and Neoclassicism

Igor Stravinsky in the 1920s © Public domain
Pulcinella was my discovery of the past, the epiphany through which the whole of my late work became possible. It was a backward look of course – the first of many love-affairs in that direction – but it was a look in the mirror too.”

L'Abécédaire d'un jeune violoniste : E comme Ensemble

Les musiciens se préparent, devant une forêt de plexiglas... © Pierre Liscia
Tous les mois, le jeune violoniste Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut nous fait découvrir l'envers du décor de la musique classique. Aujourd'hui, notre chroniqueur nous montre les coulisses d'une session d'orchestre.