Name: Stravinsky’s Petrushka
Start: 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Het Concertgebouw

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Conductor

Paavo Järvi

Het Concertgebouw

Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Piano/Organ

Piano

Stravinsky’s Petrushka

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Public

Concert

Vespers, for strings

Piano Concerto in D-flat Major, op. 38

Petrushka

Jnanakumar P

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Accordionist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Singer

Bass-baritone

Soprano

Baritone

Bass

Tenor

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi is in his element with repertoire from Northern and Eastern Europe, and this programme features three such works. Vesper (Poem) by his compatriot Ester Mägi (b. 1922, d. 2021), ‘the first lady of Estonian music’, is a poetic work for strings inspired by St John’s Church in Tallinn. The Khachaturian Piano Concerto is proof that colourful, vibrant music was indeed written in the Soviet era. The work is imbued with the influence of Armenian folk music. And to add to the exotic atmosphere, the piano is accompanied by a musical saw in the middle movement! The work is grist to Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s mill, a pianist who for decades has excelled in original repertoire.

Finally, there’s Petrushka, Stravinsky’s exuberant ballet music about a marionette who comes to life, falls in love and wreaks havoc on a Russian carnival. Listeners need no sets or dancers to see the story unfold before them, and the colourful music lets all the members of the orchestra shine.

English

Stravinsky’s Petrushka by Magi, Khachaturian, A., Stravinsky, Thu 01 May 2025, From (2025/2025), Conductor Paavo Järvi, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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