Benevolent or destructive, useful or harmful, fire and water are brought together in this programme assembled by the Metropolitan Orchestra, under the direction of young maestro Nicolas Ellis this time. Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s orchestral suite for ballet, The Firebird, the unpredictable currents of La Moldau by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, Sirènes by Frenchman Claude Debussy, with flutist Kaïla Stephanos as soloist – these are all masterpieces of pyric or aquatic inspiration, to be contemplated with the MO, all supplemented by bits of scientific information, courtesy of host Martin Carli.
ARTISTS AND PROGRAM
Fire and Water: Génial!
Metropolitan Orchestra
Conductor: Nicolas Ellis
Bedřich Smetana: La Moldau
Maurice Ravel: Une Barque sur l’océan
Claude Debussy: Nocturnes, III. Sirènes
Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)
