Classical Hour
Pablo Heras-Casado Igor Stravinsky

Classical Hour: Pablo Heras-Casado Conducts Stravinsky's The Firebird

Oslo Concert Hall In Sale 1 Jun

Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado

Photo Javier Salas

Classical Hour: Pablo Heras-Casado Conducts Stravinsky's The Firebird

It was in Paris in the spring of 1910 that a young, relatively unknown Russian composer would become part of music history. Igor Stravinsky was only 28 years old when his first major ballet premiered with the legendary Ballets Russes. The Firebird became the composer's international breakthrough. In his first concert with the Oslo Philharmonic, Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Stravinsky's legendary ballet.

Stravinsky: The Firebird

In the ballet The Firebird, we find ourselves in a garden where beauty has been replaced by evil. We meet a heroic prince, thirteen princesses held captive by an evil sorcerer, and the magical creature "The Firebird," who comes to the prince's aid in his hour of need. The music Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) wrote for the ballet is often described as ingenious. He combines late-Romantic sonorities and Russian folk melodies, while just beginning to explore stylistic features that foreshadow modernism.

The premiere of The Firebird took place in 1910 and was an immediate success. Stravinsky lived a long life and managed to conduct The Firebird in various versions nearly 1,000 times.

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  • Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird

    Igor Stravinsky The Firebird

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Classical Hour
Pablo Heras-Casado Igor Stravinsky

Oslo Concert Hall In Sale 1 Jun