RAVEL'S BOLÉRO

Wednesday 15 June 2011 at 7.30pm

Symphony Hall, Birmingham +44 (0)121-780 3333

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Andris Nelsons  conductor
Yuri Minenko  countertenor

Fauré: Masque et Bergamasques 15'
Dalbavie: Sonnets (UK premiere) 23'
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole 15'
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte 6' Listen
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Ravel: Alborada del gracioso 7'
Ravel: Boléro 14'

Ravel might seem like the last word in Gallic chic, but he was born in
the Basque country, and Spanish blood pulses beneath the surface of
even his most elegant music. So when he set out to unleash his inner
Spaniard, the results were explosive. Andris Nelsons conducts all
Ravel's Spanish-inspired orchestral music in a concert filled with
flamboyant colours and smouldering emotion. There's a very different
kind of French fantasy before the interval. Ravel's teacher Fauré kept
his passions - but not his poetry - firmly under control; Marc-André
Dalbavie's Sonnets, meanwhile, is a dazzling showcase for the
extraordinary voice of countertenor Yuri Minenko. All this and Boléro
too!

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