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The Firebird
The music
- Gustavo Díaz-Jerez Tajogaite (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra) (UK premiere) (17’)
The performers
- Maxim Emelyanychev conductor
- Gustavo Díaz-Jerez piano
Celebrating the magic of renewal, with joyous melodies and powerful transformations.
Harmony with Nature isn’t always quiet. The music of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Orthodox Easter celebrates the rebirth of spring and light. The enchanted world of Stravinsky’s The Firebird lies trapped in a wintry darkness, until the magic of fire, love and dazzling music restores it to glowing, vibrant life. And with a piano concerto like no other, composer pianist Gustavo Díaz-Jerez takes us to the island of La Palma, where the volcano Tajogaite creates even while it destroys.
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Supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund, held at The Prism Charitable Trust.
Watch the Orchestra in action
Emelyanychev was like a coiled spring of energy […] urging his players on in a beguilingly organic interpretation.
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Featuring
Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor
