Igor the Story-Teller
Musical Director: Gianluca Ruggeri
Date: Wednesday 14 July
Time: 21:00
Venue: President’s Palace Courtyard – Valletta
Tickets: €15, concessions €10
The second evening of the Stravinsky Project features the famous Histoire du Soldat scored for violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone and percussion. Histoire du Soldat is based on a story by C.F.Ramuz from Alexander Afanasiev’s collection of Russian tales. A Faustian narrative on the theme of an individual who sells his soul to the devil, only that in this case it’s a soldier who exchanges his violin for a book of knowledge…
Programme:
Part I
Prelude: Stravinsky and Block – Visions of Russia
excerpts from Block’s poetry with music by Stravinsky for voice and piano
Part II
Stravinsky Histoire Du Soldat