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Oramo conducts Stravinsky and Lindberg

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo

,Barbican Hall
An image of Lisa Batiashvili surrounded by a red circle against a red background

Love, death and pomegranates: Sakari Oramo rediscovers Stravinsky’s epic retelling of the myth of Persephone.

“Goddess of a thousand names, let us celebrate your mysteries…” The story of Persephone is as ancient as western culture: an ever-fresh parable of motherly love, untamed lust and the eternal cycle of nature. In 1934, Igor Stravinsky rose to its challenge: and the original result was part ballet, part opera, but all Stravinsky. 

In other words, it’s unmissable – a musical drama unique in the 20th century, charged with all of Stravinsky’s originality, humour and emotion. For this rare concert performance Sakari Oramo has lined up a world-class team, including our own BBC Symphony Chorus. As an upbeat, violinist Lisa Batiashvili makes a very welcome return in Magnus Lindberg’s lyrical first Violin Concerto – a luminous prelude to Stravinsky’s mythic masterpiece.

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Programme

  • Magnus Lindberg   Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Igor Stravinsky   Perséphone

Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra  
  • Sakari Oramo   conductor
  • Lisa Batiashvili   violin
  • Peter Tantsits   tenor
  • BBC Symphony Chorus  
  • Narrator   to be announced

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