Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole 15'
Matthias Pintscher
Chute d’étoiles 20'
London premiere
interval
Stravinsky
The Firebird 46'
Tine Thing Helseth trumpet
Marco Blaauw trumpet
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher conductor
Trumpeters Tine Thing Helseth and Marco Blaauw are the soloists in the London premiere of Matthias Pintscher's Chute d’étoiles with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
The composer makes his Proms conducting debut in his explosive musical homage to the great German artist Anselm Kiefer's 2007 installation in the Grand Palais, Paris, a gran experiment in weight and movement conjuring a shower of falling stars.
The Basque melodies of Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole and Stravinsky's first Ballet Russes commission The Firebird complete a programme of daring orchestral innovations.