91Èȱ¬

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: the 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins and soloists perform Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

c. 8.15pm
Interval: Pianist and musicologist Caroline Rae joins Kate to discuss commedia dell’arte, the Italian comic theatre tradition that inspired Stravinsky as well as his contemporaries Picasso and Diaghilev.

c. 8.40pm
Stravinsky: Pulcinella

Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Tim Mead, countertenor
Benjamin Hulett, tenor
Simon Shibambu, bass-baritone
91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Can a composer reuse the past and at the same time move in a forward direction? It’s the question that goes to the heart of Igor Stravinsky’s music - works that often take their inspiration from historical models but remain defiantly, distinctively modern. Conductor Martyn Brabbins joins the 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra to mark the 50th anniversary of Stravinsky’s death with a concert pairing the composer’s ballet Pulcinella – a witty, charming take on Baroque dance and commedia dell’arte – with the heart-rending Stabat mater by Pergolesi, whose music inspired it.