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Apr4
musicAeterna | Stravinsky: Persephone, Symphony of Psalms
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St. Petersburg Philharmonic

St. Petersburg

Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)

 

Symphony of Psalms for Choir and Orchestra (1930, second edition 1948)

 

Persephone, a melodrama for speaker, soloists, choir, dancers and orchestra based on a libretto by André Gide (1933)

 

The musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir
Guest actors and soloists

Alexander Ponomaryov “Vesna” Children’s Choir

 

Ksenia Rapport as Persephone

 
Conductor – Teodor Currentzis

 

MusicAeterna’s April programme is dedicated to two neoclassical masterpieces by Igor Stravinsky, the famous “Symphony of Psalms” and the rarely performed melodrama “Persephone”, in which the composer turns to the biblical psalms and one of the oldest ancient myths.

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