| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2011 Usher Hall | Le chant du cygne? |
| When recession strikes, Stravinsky’s your man! Nothing is wasted and everything is convertible. The fact that his world and style had changed beyond recognition between beginning his opera, Le Chant du Rossignol in 1908 and finishing it in 1914 – three epoch-changing ballets later – did not seem to faze him. Nor did the deprivations of World War I, after which the work was transformed into a ballet score for smaller forces with the voice parts omitted.
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