Philharmonia Orchestra: City of Light - Ravel and Stravinsky

Ravel’s delicate and touching evocation of fairy-tales opens this concert that explores the musical landscape of Paris after World War I. Probably the most successful of a number of pieces commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, Ravel’s concerto shows the composer responding to the constraints of using only one hand on the piano with imaginative orchestral colouring and rhythmic subtlety. Stravinsky’s first big success, The Firebird is a colourful ballet score based on a Russian folk tale in which th

7.45pm start.
Tickets between £10 and £39.

The Anvil and The Forge, Churchill Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 7QR

Wed 18 Feb 2015

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