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Stravinsky's Firebird

Nicolas Altstaedt joins the Philharmonia for the UK premiere of Erkki-Sven Tüür's Second Cello Concerto, framed by two of Stravinsky's thrilling ballet scores.

Nicolas Altstaedt joins the Philharmonia for the UK premiere of Erkki-Sven Tüür's Second Cello Concerto, framed by two of Stravinsky's thrilling ballet scores.

Presented live from the Royal Festival Hall by Ian Skelly.

Stravinsky: Petrushka

Erkki-Sven Tüür: Cello Concerto No 2 ‘Labyrinths of Life’ (UK premiere)

Interval

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919)

Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
Philharmonia
Paavo Järvi (conductor)

“Music has to have everything – overwhelming power, illuminating light, endless gentleness and the deepest darkness… everything that makes us human” says Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür. And all these things combine to potent effect in his Cello Concerto No. 2. Inspired by a poem by Federico García Lorca, it was written for tonight’s soloist Nicolas Altstaedt.

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1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Thu 27 Feb 2025 19:30

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
  • Erkki-Sven Tüür

    Cello Concerto No. 2 'Labyrinths of Life' (UK premiere)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird

    Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.

Broadcast

  • Thu 27 Feb 2025 19:30