Debussy
Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune 10'
La mer 24'
interval
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring 33'
Orchestre National de France
Daniele Gatti conductor
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In its first visit to the UK since Daniele Gatti became Music Director, the Orchestre National de France presents three great works linked to France and its capital city.
Dating from a decade before his symphony of seascapes, La mer, Debussy's poetic Prélude made its composer's name when it was premiered in 1894, and created controversy when Nijinsky danced his erotic choreography of it for the Ballets Russes in 1912. A year later the Paris premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring prompted an even more sensational succès de scandale for Diaghilev's company, causing the most famous riot in musical history.