Join Aurora Orchestra, Principal Conductor Nicholas Collon and actors Charlotte Ritchie and Karl Queensborough for their biggest challenge to date – Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, performed by heart.
Get under the skin of perhaps the greatest 20th-Century orchestral work, The Rite of Spring. In the first half of the performance, Aurora presents a signature dramatic and musical introduction to Stravinsky’s score, featuring actors voicing the words of the composer and his collaborators. Illuminating the background to and creation of Stravinsky’s masterpiece, as well as its riotous premiere, this living programme note sets the scene for a dazzling second-half performance of the work entirely from memory.
