RAVEL AND STRAVINSKY with JENEBA KANNEH-MASON – 7pm at Dorchester Abbey
The Mother Goose Suite (1908), originally written as a piano duet and later orchestrated, is a delightful and enchanting work that brings to life the magical world of fairy tales. The Piano Concerto in G – jazzy, virtuosic, fast moving – shows the influence of Ravel’s time in America in 1927-28.
Pulcinella marks a shift in Stravinsky’s musical thinking at the end of WW1, from the early ballets that secured his reputation, to a new spare style looking to the music of the 18th century.
