CLAUDE DEBUSSY Rondes de printemps (from Images)
ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR Symphony No. 4 “Magma” for percussion and orchestra,
Czech premiere
IGOR STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Colin Currie percussion
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Olari Elts
The concluding concert of the festival brings a very attractive programme indeed, and will also mark the climax of Erkki-Sven Tüür’s residency with the Czech premiere of his Fourth Symphony (2002), whose pounding, almost ritualistic rhythms find their counterpart in Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (1913), the score of which also contains distinctive parts for percussion.
