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2 Sep 2023, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2023 Prom 63: The Rite by Heart

Prom 63
Prom 63: The Rite by Heart
19:30 Sat 2 Sep 2023 Royal Albert Hall
An unprecedented opportunity to get under the skin of the extraordinary ballet that caused a riot at its premiere 110 years ago. Aurora Orchestra performs Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring by heart.
An unprecedented opportunity to get under the skin of the extraordinary ballet that caused a riot at its premiere 110 years ago. Aurora Orchestra performs Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring by heart.

Programme

      • A dramatic and musical exploration of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring(40 mins)
        • interval
        • The Rite of Spring(33 mins)

    Performers

    About This Event

    ‘I dreamed of a pagan ritual in which a sacrificial virgin danced herself to death.’ A vision was the inspiration for Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, a ballet that caused a riot at its premiere in 1913. This Prom is an unprecedented opportunity to get under the skin of the work that shook the worlds of music and ballet with its stamping, jagged rhythms and modern harmony. Nicholas Collon and the pioneering Aurora Orchestra dramatise the Rite’s origins, reliving the scene of its notorious concert premiere and finally performing the whole thing from memory.

    Broadcast live on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

    Image: Nicholas Collon © Chris Christodoulou/´óÏó´«Ã½