St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Stéphane Conducts Rite of Spring

Stéphane Denève, conductor
Piotr Anderszewski, piano

GABRIELA LENA FRANK Apu
BÉLA BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3
IGOR STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

Stéphane Denève explores the crossroads of human, spirit, and nature. Gabriela Lena Frank’s Apu recounts mischievous spirits from Andean Perú and Stravinsky’s primally rhythmic Rite ends with a sacrifice. Pianist Piotr Anderszewski, known for adding “infectious, rhythmic vitality to his playing” (The New York Times), returns for Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto.