Debussy, Stravinsky and Brahms
English conductor Sir Andrew Davis is joined by American violinist Joshua Bell in Brahms's evergreen Violin Concerto, written in 1878 for the great Joseph Joachim. Opening this diverse program is Debussy's Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun, one of his most characteristic and popular scores. Stravinsky described his 1945 Symphony in Three Movements as a reaction to the events of the Second World War. Its rhythmic vitality and orchestral clarity make it an archetype of neoclassicism.
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