Wednesday, March 02 08pm
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and 7th Ave., New York, NY 10019
The distant tread of an approaching caravan, along with a marching Russian regiment, fills the music of Borodin’s tone poem In the Steppes of Central Asia. The composer turned to an old Russian folk song to evoke the right musical mood, a practice later employed by Stravinsky in his ballet The Firebird. But the imagery changes to a vividly cinematic monster and magic in this tale of the Firebird, much of it captured in the 1945 suite. The Russian National Orchestra, described as “awe-inspiring” (Gramophone), is the perfect ensemble to play this music.
Program:
BORODIN In the Steppes of Central Asia
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1945 version)
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