Name: Stravinsky’s Pulcinella
Start: 2024-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Roy Thomson Hall

Organization

Conductor

Gustavo Gimeno

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Isabel Leonard

Mezzosopran

Tenor

Paul Appleby

Ténor

Bass

Derek Welton

Basse

Orchestra

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky’s Pulcinella

Toronto

Canada

Roy Thomson Hall

Stravinsky’s Pulcinella: Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark Murphy, K. (+2 More)

Public

Private

Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark

Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss

Pulcinella

Approved

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ice Maiden inspired Stravinsky’s ballet The Fairy’s Kiss, the score of which is an homage to his childhood hero, Tchaikovsky. Stravinsky reimagined several of the composer’s early piano works and songs with his own surprisingly romantic interpretation. Stravinsky’s ballet Pulcinella displays the avant-garde, neoclassical approach for which the composer is known, using ideas of the past in a modern context, in this case 17th-century Italian commedia dell’arte, reimagining Baroque sounds with more rhythm, colour, and harmony. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra holds the distinction of hosting the final conducting appearance Stravinsky made in his lifetime, leading the Orchestra in a suite from Pulcinella. Just as Stravinsky was inspired by literary and musical figures, famed Canadian pianist Glenn Gould was fascinated by British Pop star Petula Clark, which Canadian composer Kelly-Marie Murphy channels in our opening work, blending elements of rock and pop with classical orchestration to create a truly unique sound

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble