SOUTHBANK CENTRE

Gustavo Dudamel

Royal Festival Hall

Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

Shell Classic International

Saturday 18 April 2009, 7.30pm

Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
INTERVAL
Music by Latin-American composers

Gustavo Dudamelconductor

For the Orchestra’s grand finale, the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela perform Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, a piece that shocked audiences when it was first performed, thanks to its intensely rhythmic score and complex musical techniques.

'Music-making this joyous is in a class of its own. If you hear of the orchestra coming within 500 miles of you, book straight away' (Telegraph).

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: Pre-concert talk. Admission free.

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