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The Rite of Spring
The music
The performers
- Karina Canellakis conductor**
- Véronique Gens soprano
- Andrew Staples tenor
- Jean-Sébastien Bou baritone
Experience a masterpiece that changed the course of music forever.
Paris, 1913: and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring changes the course of modern music. It wasn’t just that a riot broke out at the premiere, either – the rhythmic power and primal energy of Stravinsky’s volcanic score are so explosive that over a century later, we’re still reeling from the aftershock. But then, things do tend to catch fire when Principal Guest Conductor Karina Canellakis conducts the LPO. Expect grand passions in Lili Boulanger’s sensuous Faust et Hélène, written the same year as The Rite of Spring, and sparkling vitality in her D’un matin de printemps.
*Please note the change of work from previously advertised.
**Karina Canellakis’s position in the LPO is generously supported by Richard Buxton.
Please note start time.
With support from the ABO Trust’s Sirens programme.
Watch the Orchestra in action
There is explosive chemistry between this conductor and orchestra.
The Times on Karina Canellakis and the LPO
Featuring
Karina Canellakis, LPO Principal Guest Conductor
Véronique Gens, soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
