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Kirill Petrenko presents a programme of 20th-century dance music: in his ballet The Miraculous Mandarin, Béla Bartók uses sharp, expressionistic sounds to depict the ruthlessness of modern urban life. Igor Stravinsky’s bittersweet ballet Petruschka tells the tragic love story of a puppet brought to life in the midst of a bustling Russian fair – energetic, folkloric, and poignant. And Leoš Janáček celebrates the infectious vitality of his Czech homeland’s folk melodies in his Lachian Dances.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Programme
Leoš Janáček
Lašské tance (Lachian Dances)
Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite, Sz 73
Interval
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka (Version from 1947)
Additional information
Duration ca. 2 hours (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Main Auditorium
39 to 111 €
Introduction
19:15
Series E: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
39 to 111 €
Introduction
19:15
Series F: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
39 to 111 €
Introduction
19:15
Series H: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
“Upbeat”
Igor Stravinsky’s “Petrushka”
Programme notes and rehearsal footage
Sounds of the accordion and barrel organ, dances from Vienna and Paris – in his ballet Petrushka, Igor Stravinsky brings together a dazzling mix of musical worlds. This introduction features rehearsal excerpts, showing how the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko work together to bring out the nuances of this multifaceted work. Cellist Stephan Koncz guides the programme, offering fascinating insights into the score and its history.
Biography
Kirill Petrenko
Kirill Petrenko has been chief conductor and artistic director of the Berliner Philharmoniker since the 2019/20 season. Born in Omsk in Siberia, he received his training first in his home town and later in Austria. He established his conducting career in opera with positions at the Meininger Theater and the Komische Oper Berlin. From 2013 to 2020, Kirill Petrenko was general music director of Bayerische Staatsoper. He has also made guest appearances at the world’s leading opera houses, including Wiener Staatsoper, Covent Garden in London, the Opéra national in Paris, the Metropolitan Opera in New York and at the Bayreuth Festival. Moreover, he has conducted the major international symphony orchestras – in Vienna, Munich, Dresden, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Rome, Chicago, Cleveland and Israel.
Since his debut in 2006, a variety of programmatic themes have emerged in his work together with the Berliner Philharmoniker. These include work on the orchestra’s core Classical-Romantic repertoire, for example with symphonies by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms. Unjustly forgotten composers such as Josef Suk and Erich Wolfgang Korngold are another of Kirill Petrenko’s interests. Russian works are also highlighted, with performances of Tchaikovsky’s operas Mazeppa, Iolanta and The Queen of Spades attracting particular attention recently.
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