Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring – two masterpieces with an uncompromising creative vision.
Some music takes no prisoners. The composer’s creative vision can be so clear and compelling that no allowance is made for performer or listener. Should we be surprised if this is the kind of music that ends up a masterpiece? We bring Beethoven and Stravinsky together with two pieces that shocked their first listeners even as they won admirers.
Renaud Capuçon is the intrepid soloist in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto – symphonic in scope and challenging at every turn. Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring makes for a pulsing, overwhelming finale: a classic for us today, but still revealing its power to amaze.
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BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Kristjan Järvi conductor
Renaud Capuçon violin
Pre-concert talk by Raff Wilson at 7.15pm in the Northern Foyer.