Rite of Spring - last Tuesday on Iplayer Dutoit and RPO

[gedsmk]

I thoroughly enjoyed the performance of Rite last Tuesday in the RFH.
I'm listening to it again on iplayer and must say the BBC engineers seem to have done a good job.

[Chris Newman]

I enjoyed it too, gedsmk, albeit on the radio. Dutoit is an excellent conductor. Montreal's loss is our gain and no doubt the RPO continues will continue its renaissance as a great "French" orchestra.

The secret of the great conductors is that speed is not of the essence. A sense of rhythm is more important than tempo and this shows in the best performances of the Rite.

[BBMmk2]

Likewise with me to!! Great performance!! Typical MA backed out! Hope she doesn't do that at the Proms!

[3rd Viennese School]

When they play Stravinsky it is nearly ALWAYS the Rite of Spring! If not, the Firebird.

Wot about the others? Requiem Canticles? Agon? Symphony in C ? Violin Concerto? Movements for Piano and Orchestra? Canticum Sacrum?

3VS

[BBMmk2]

There is so much they can do with this composer. Another I have thought of is Peresphone, Symphonies of Wind Instruments..............

[Peter Katin]

Likewise with me to!! Great performance!! Typical MA backed out! Hope she doesn't do that at the Proms!

I agree - it was electrifying and with no balance "manipulation". As to MA, nobody has ever developed the talent of foretelling whether, if, or how fast, she will play,