Adams, J./The chairman dances
Bernstein, L./Chichester Psalms
Shaw, C./And the swallow
Stravinsky, I./Petroesjka (version 1947)
Stravinsky’s intoxicating ballet music never ceases to amaze. With his puppet ballet Petrushka (1910-1911), he wrote a shimmering ode to life. Conductor Karina Canellakis and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra revive the dancing ecstasy. They perform the successful 1947 version of Petrushka, in which the piano and percussion parts are allowed to shine in full glory.
In his heyday, Stravinsky wrote one magnificent ballet after another. With impresario Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, the young Russian composer formed a true royal couple. The Firebird made Stravinsky a star, and Diaghilev immediately looked for a successor. That came with Petrushka, a diabolical dance between a living puppet and an unleashed orchestra.
Stravinsky’s heart-stopping ballet music is preceded by Bernstein Chichester Psalms and John Adams The Chairman Dances. And the Swallow by Caroline Shaw, youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, will be performed by the Netherlands Radio Choir.
- Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- Netherlands Radio Choir
- Karina Canellakis – conductor dirigent
- Gijs Leenaars – choir conductor koordirigent
- Syl Becht – Soloist from the National Boys Choir
music production for live radio broadcasts