The Firebird
The music
The performers
- Dionysis Grammenos conductor
- Lukas Sternath piano
Get ready for a musical adventure that will take you to new realms of sound.
Deep in a kingdom of shadow rules the green-clawed demon king Kashchey – but young Prince Ivan has a gallant heart, and with the aid of the enchanted Firebird, even the darkest spells can be broken. When Stravinsky composed The Firebird he didn’t just imagine a wondrous fantasy world. He let us hear it, too, and today conductor Dionysis Grammenos and the LPO take you to new realms of sound – from Debussy’s sensuous arcadia to Mendelssohn’s Scottish seascape. Pianist Lukas Sternath, meanwhile, brings all his award-winning artistry to Mozart’s 23rd Piano Concerto. Some say it’s his loveliest.
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His thoughts, mature and considered, couldn’t have been more vividly expressed.
The New York Times on Lukas Sternath
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