Stravinsky’s Firebird
- Friday 19 March 2027, 7.30pm
- The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Ben Wright
Stravinsky’s Firebird
Fri 19 Mar 2027
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Performances of Stravinsky’s Firebird
Fri 19 Mar 2027 7.30pm
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Doors open
7pm -
Show starts
7.30pm -
Interval
20 minutes -
Approx. end time
9pm
Need to know
Repertoire
- Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
- Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.2
- Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite (1945)
Features
- Vasily Petrenko Conductor
- Bertrand Chamayou Piano
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
St Mary's Square,
Gateshead Quays,
Gateshead, NE8 2JR
Ticket price
£5.00 to £55.00
Description
With Music Director Vasily Petrenko and star pianist Bertrand Chamayou.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director Vasily Petrenko makes his return to The Glasshouse International Centre for Music with a romantic and storyful programme of works.
With a burst of flame and a cascade of sparks, the magical Firebird leaps into life. When Igor Stravinsky composed his great ballet, he didn’t just imagine a world of enchanted princesses, courageous heroes and green-clawed demons, he let us hear it, too. That is our final destination tonight as Vasily Petrenko and the RPO set out on a fantastic musical voyage that opens with Tchaikovsky’s lush Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; for many the perfect illustration of the fate of those star-cross’d lovers.
And as for Saint-Saëns’ exuberant Second Piano Concerto: well, one critic said that it begins in church and ends at an orgy. It’ll fizz like champagne as Vasily Petrenko partners one of France’s most brilliant pianists, Bertrand Chamayou.
With a burst of flame and a cascade of sparks, the magical Firebird leaps into life. When Igor Stravinsky composed his great ballet, he didn’t just imagine a world of enchanted princesses, courageous heroes and green-clawed demons, he let us hear it, too. That is our final destination tonight as Vasily Petrenko and the RPO set out on a fantastic musical voyage that opens with Tchaikovsky’s lush Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; for many the perfect illustration of the fate of those star-cross’d lovers.
And as for Saint-Saëns’ exuberant Second Piano Concerto: well, one critic said that it begins in church and ends at an orgy. It’ll fizz like champagne as Vasily Petrenko partners one of France’s most brilliant pianists, Bertrand Chamayou.