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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Season - Prom 63: The Rite By Heart
Performance Date2 September 2023
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Orchestra or BandAurora Orchestra
ConductorsNicholas Collon
Set ListA dramatic and musical exploration of Stravinksy’s The Rite of Spring'
INTERVAL
'The Rite of Spring', Stravinsky (Performed from memory)
Performance Notes“I dreamed of a pagan ritual in which a sacrificial virgin danced herself to death.” A vision was the inspiration for Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, a ballet that caused a literal riot at its premiere in 1913.

This Prom is an unprecedented opportunity to get under the skin of the work that set the very foundations of society trembling with its urgent, jagged rhythms. Nicholas Collon and the pioneering Aurora Orchestra dramatise the Rite’s origins, reliving the scene of its notorious concert premiere and finally perform the whole thing from memory.

The event was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2023/ ),
Programme (RAHE/1/2023/ ),
Digital Photographs
Ticket Prices£8-£
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Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work12976BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eightth Season71
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1059Collon; Nicholas (fl 2012); British conductor
DS/UK/1058Aurora Orchestra; 2005-; British chamber orchestra
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