IGOR STRAVINSKY - Firebird Suite

00:00 Music explanation 24:40 The Music 24:43 Introduction: The Firebird and Her Dance 29:21 Pantomime I 29:49 Pas de deux: Firebird and Ivan Tsarevich 34:13 Pantomime II 34:39 Scherzo: Dance of the Princesses 37:08 Pantomime III 38:14 The Princesses' Round Dance 43:00 Infernal Dance 47:07 Berceuse 51:40 Finale 55:02 Applauses Tom Service, conductor Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra explain the works and then performing them from memory. This year, their biggest challenge yet to the Proms: Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Russian fairy tales and folk melodies collide with Stravinsky’s bold modernism in one of the great ballet scores of the 20th century. The concert opens with another Russian classic: Rachmaninov’s virtuosic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, performed by former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Pavel Kolesnikov. #Stravinsky #BBCProms