The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Stravinsky

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins and soloists perform Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

c. 8.15pm
Interval: Pianist and musicologist Caroline Rae joins Kate to discuss commedia dell’arte, the Italian comic theatre tradition that inspired Stravinsky as well as his contemporaries Picasso and Diaghilev.

c. 8.40pm
Stravinsky: Pulcinella

Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Tim Mead, countertenor
Benjamin Hulett, tenor
Simon Shibambu, bass-baritone
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Can a composer reuse the past and at the same time move in a forward direction? It’s the question that goes to the heart of Igor Stravinsky’s music - works that often take their inspiration from historical models but remain defiantly, distinctively modern. Conductor Martyn Brabbins joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to mark the 50th anniversary of Stravinsky’s death with a concert pairing the composer’s ballet Pulcinella – a witty, charming take on Baroque dance and commedia dell’arte – with the heart-rending Stabat mater by Pergolesi, whose music inspired it.