Stravinsky The Firebird: With Xian Zhang at Barbican Hall, London on Sunday 24th April 2022

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Stravinsky The Firebird

With Xian Zhang

Part of the London Symphony Orchestra 2021-22 Season

Add to my Calendar 24-04-2022 19:00 24-04-2022 21:00 36 Stravinsky The Firebird Tales of fantasy from Stravinsky and Ravel, a song of exile from Qigang Chen, and a homecoming for Dani Howard’s new trombone concerto – played by one of the LSO’s own brass stars. Amidst a silence so heavy that you can almost feel it, something stirs – and in a shower of sparks,. Stravinsky’s Firebird explodes into coruscating life. Guest conductor Xian Zhang opens a musical storybook, and retells four astonishing tales. The fantasy worlds of Stravinsky and Ravel are as captivating (and as fabulous) as ever, but we’ll hear a couple of 21st-century testimonies, too – from Dani Howard and Qigang Chen.  ‘There is a Chinese proverb that says when a man is uprooted, he gains vital force,’ says Qigang Chen, and his L’eloignement tells of exile and nostalgia, in music of vibrant lyricism. Dani Howard’s new trombone concerto, meanwhile, drew rave reviews after its premiere last year and has since been nominated for an RPS Award. Written for (and performed by) the LSO’s superb Principal Trombone Peter Moore, one critic called it an ‘instant classic’.  Barbican Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Barbican Hall
Silk Street
Barbican, City of London
London
EC2Y 8DS
England

Sunday 24th April 2022
7:00 PM

Programme

Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l'Oye (suite)
Dani Howard – Trombone Concerto
~ Interval ~
Qigang Chen – L'Éloignement
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite, 1919

Performers

Xian Zhang – Conductor
Peter Moore – trombone

London Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

Tales of fantasy from Stravinsky and Ravel, a song of exile from Qigang Chen, and a homecoming for Dani Howard’s new trombone concerto – played by one of the LSO’s own brass stars.

Amidst a silence so heavy that you can almost feel it, something stirs – and in a shower of sparks,. Stravinsky’s Firebird explodes into coruscating life. Guest conductor Xian Zhang opens a musical storybook, and retells four astonishing tales. The fantasy worlds of Stravinsky and Ravel are as captivating (and as fabulous) as ever, but we’ll hear a couple of 21st-century testimonies, too – from Dani Howard and Qigang Chen.

‘There is a Chinese proverb that says when a man is uprooted, he gains vital force,’ says Qigang Chen, and his L’eloignement tells of exile and nostalgia, in music of vibrant lyricism. Dani Howard’s new trombone concerto, meanwhile, drew rave reviews after its premiere last year and has since been nominated for an RPS Award. Written for (and performed by) the LSO’s superb Principal Trombone Peter Moore, one critic called it an ‘instant classic’.

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