London Philharmonic Orchestra: Stravinsky meets the Classics

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Stravinsky meets the Classics

Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Stravinsky’s elegant ballet Apollon musagète.

Youthful irreverence, splashes of colour and a playful sense of humour. Schubert and Weber might seem unlikely inspirations for Igor Stravinsky, but in the bold, streamlined world of the 1920s and 30s they turned out to be brothers under the skin.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada opens this concert with Stravinsky’s most elegant ballet, and closes it with the playful wit of Franz Schubert’s Third Symphony.

In between, Peter Donohoe unleashes all his power and panache in Stravinsky’s uproarious Capriccio, and pairs it with its original inspiration: a showstopping Konzertstück by the composer whom Stravinsky called a ‘prince of music’.

Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor
Peter Donohoe piano

Repertoire
Stravinsky: Apollon musagète for string orchestra
Weber: Konzertstück in F minor for piano & orchestra
Interval
Stravinsky: Capriccio for piano & orchestra
Schubert: Symphony No.3

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