RCO: Gatti conducts a French Night

Synopsis

Daniele Gatti is conducting three works all connected by the theme of nature and embodying the great musical changes taking place around 1900: Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and La mer and Igor Stravinsky’s Le sacre du printemps. In 1914, Debussy himself led the Concertgebouw Orchestra in his Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and was met at the stage door by an applauding crowd after the performance. Stravinsky made his first guest appearance with the orchestra in 1924, after which he returned regularly. He conducted his Sacre twice in a single day in 1926 to long and loud ovations – a striking contrast to the premiere which caused a scandal. Under the baton of Maestro Gatti, the orchestra is performing these three groundbreaking classics on the same programme for the very first time. “What a mesmerizing playing level! The RCO was again incredibly good, with a level of detail and refinement that no other conductor achieves.” (Het Paarol)

Additional Info

• No: A865500330000
• Composer: Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky
• Conductor: Daniele Gatti
• Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Production year: 2017
• Run time: 01:20:00
• Producers: RCO, Unitel
• Format: HDTV 16:9