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The London Philharmonic Orchestra plays Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley

Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique; Funeral Song
Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op 30

8.15: Interval

Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete ballet (1910)

Alexander Ghindin, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

When Stravinsky joined forces with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, his creativity was ignited. The Firebird takes an old Russian tale of love, sorcery and rebirth and drenches it in sounds that no one had ever heard before. Over a century on, it's still one of the most ravishing of all orchestral showpieces.
The concert also includes the 26-year-old Stravinsky's recently rediscovered musical epitaph for his friend and mentor Rimsky-Korsakov. And Alexander Ghindin - a pianist born into the Russian tradition - is the soloist in Rimsky-Korsakov's own bittersweet, folk-inspired Piano Concerto.