Stravinsky’s Firebird

Friday, May 29 – Saturday, May 30 at the Bradley Symphony Center, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee
Start Time
  • 7:30p on Friday, May 29
  • 7:30p on Saturday, May 30
conductor

Jader Bignamini

violin

Giuseppe Gibboni

Wynton Marsalis

Violin Concerto

Rimsky-Korsakov

Capriccio espagnol

Stravinsky

Suite from The Firebird (1919)

CONCERT DETAILS

Jader Bignamini, Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducts a suite from Stravinsky’s The Firebird; the music of this fairytale ballet, including its scintillating “Infernal Dance,” still feels fresh and wild. Stravinsky learned a great deal from his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov; here the MSO explores the latter’s Spanish-accented Capriccio espagnol, from its first alborada (morning song) to its final fandango. Witness a rising star as Giuseppe Gibboni, winner of the Paganini Violin Competition, performs an intoxicating violin concerto by Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz legend Wynton Marsalis.

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Start Time
  • 7:30p on Friday, May 29
  • 7:30p on Saturday, May 30
conductor

Jader Bignamini

violin

Giuseppe Gibboni

Wynton Marsalis

Violin Concerto

Rimsky-Korsakov

Capriccio espagnol

Stravinsky

Suite from The Firebird (1919)