John Casken
Orion over Farne 21’
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major 40’
interval
Stravinsky
The Firebird 46’
Stephen Hough piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons conductor
We celebrate both the International Year of Astronomy and John Casken’s 60th birthday with his evocation of Orion the hunter. Stephen Hough continues his traversal of the complete Tchaikovsky piano concertos with the unfairly neglected Concerto No. 2. And we continue our survey of the complete Stravinsky ballets with The Firebird, his first commission from Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.