Vasily Petrenko conducts Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments

In the second of three performances of works by Stravinsky, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s new Music Director Vasily Petrenko conducts the Symphonies of Wind Instruments in the Royal Albert Hall. Written in 1920 and dedicated to Claude Debussy, who died two years earlier, this pieces takes the titular ’Symphonies’ for its original, literal meaning - ’sounding together in harmony’, rather than take the form of what we consider to be an orchestral symphony. Made up of what Stravinsky described as ’short litanies between different groups of homogeneous instruments’, lively Russian folk melodies are followed by a commemorative Chorale for the Tombeau for the brass, who are joined by the woodwind in the closing notes of the piece. Tune in on Thursday 2 September from to hear Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements - the final stream in the series. Watch Stravinsky’s Symphony in C: Vasily Petrenko - Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Filmed in spring 2021. Follow