JTI Friday Series

Marin Alsop conductor
Jonathan Biss piano

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
Mozart Piano Concerto 22 in E flat, K.482
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé Suite 2
Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919)

Two offbeat scores from his thirties see Richard Strauss turning not to the grand concepts of human heroism and spiritual rebirth, but rather painting more immediate and local musical pictures. In a thinly disguised Munich, the knavish fool Till Eulenspiegel causes puckish havoc, meeting with the sternest punishment but seeming still to survive it. Strauss’s pantomime picture of provincial Germany overflows with mischief, whilst Symphonia domestica, performed on 24 January, throws the spotlight on someone else altogether…

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Click on the links below to read a review of this concert.
guardian.co.uk By Tim Ashley / Jan 2009
classicalsource.com By Andrew Maisel / Jan 2009

To hear Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé Suite 2 and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite select a track below to open the music file. (Windows Media Player required.)

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 1 - I. Nocturne
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 1 - II. Interlude
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 1 - III. Danse guerriere
Stravinsky: The Firebird - Introduction
Stravinsky: The Firebird - L'oiseau de feu et sa danse / The Firebird
Stravinsky: The Firebird - Variation de l'oiseau de feu / Firebird Variation
Stravinsky: The Firebird - Ronde des Princesses / Round of the Princesses
Stravinsky: The Firebird - Danse infernale du roi Kastchei / King Kastchei's Infernal Dance
Stravinsky: The Firebird - Berceuse / Lullaby
Stravinsky: The Firebird - Finale

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6.15pm-6.45pm
FREE Royal Festival Hall
Marin Alsop discusses the evening's programme.