Stravinsky The Firebird
- Friday 19 March 2027, 7.30pm
- The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Ben Wright
Stravinsky The Firebird
Fri 19 Mar 2027
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Performances of Stravinsky The 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
Tickets from £25 (including fees)
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.