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The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Stravinsky

Live at the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms: the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins and soloists perform Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella.

Live at the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms: the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins and soloists perform Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

c. 8.15pm
Interval: Pianist and musicologist Caroline Rae joins Kate to discuss commedia dell’arte, the Italian comic theatre tradition that inspired Stravinsky as well as his contemporaries Picasso and Diaghilev.

c. 8.40pm
Stravinsky: Pulcinella

Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Tim Mead, countertenor
Benjamin Hulett, tenor
Simon Shibambu, bass-baritone
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Can a composer reuse the past and at the same time move in a forward direction? It’s the question that goes to the heart of Igor Stravinsky’s music - works that often take their inspiration from historical models but remain defiantly, distinctively modern. Conductor Martyn Brabbins joins the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra to mark the 50th anniversary of Stravinsky’s death with a concert pairing the composer’s ballet Pulcinella – a witty, charming take on Baroque dance and commedia dell’arte – with the heart-rending Stabat mater by Pergolesi, whose music inspired it.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Aug 2021 19:30

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