A two day celebration of one of the most iconic musical figures of the twentieth century

5 & 6 February 2016 / National Concert Hall

Boundlessly imaginative and brilliantly unpredictable, theiconoclastic Stravinsky changed the sound of classical music,plundering the past to re-fashion the future, borrowing freely from the Baroque and the Blues, American jazz and Russian folk songs to create an entirely new music language.

Stravinsky in Focus casts light on several of the great works hecomposed between the start of the First and end of the SecondWorld Wars, from the early pithy Three Pieces for String Quartetand an all too rare opportunity to experience the pulsing paganismof Les Noces to the painterly ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ and darkerwartime infused tones of the Symphony in Three Movements.

And there are masterpieces on every scale: including the pristineOctet, the pastiche jazz era of Ragtime, the neo-classical eleganceof the complete music to Pulcinella and the austerely beautifulSymphony of Psalms.

Tickets: €15, €23.50, €29.50, €35Limited concessions available: €13.50, €21.15, €26.55, €31.50Booking: 01 417 0000 / www.nch.ie / www.rte.ie

2 PERFORMANCES 10 WORKS1 COMPOSERIGOR STRAVINSKY

RTÉ’s Stravinsky in Focus celebration sees the RTÉ National Symphony

Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra joining forces with the

RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, the RTÉ Contempo Quartet, Chamber Choir

Ireland, the Royal Irish Academy of Music and stellar soloists and

conductors to turn a revealing spotlight on the master of modernity,

Igor Stravinsky – arguably the most famous composer of the last

century and still its most influential.

RTÉ National Symphony OrchestraRTÉ Contempo QuartetRTÉ Philharmonic Choir [chorus master Mark Hindley]

Aleksandar Markovic conductor

Octet 16’

Three Pieces for String Quartet 8’

Symphony of Psalms 21’

Ragtime 5’

Symphony in Three Movements 22’

Friday 5 February 8pm

Saturday 6 February 7pm

Les Noces* 24’

Concerto in E flat, ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ 16’

Concertino for String Quartet 6’

Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments 21’

Pulcinella (complete) 39’

RTÉ Concert OrchestraRTÉ Contempo QuartetChamber Choir IrelandRIAM EnsembleHugh Tinney pianoMáire Flavin sopranoRobin Tritschler tenorJohn Molloy bass

Pierre-André Valade conductor*Paul Hillier conductor

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