Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival
With Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, accordionist Martynas Levickis reveals the thousand and one facets of an instrument rarely given pride of place in concert halls. The NDR Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Delyana Lazarova are the perfect partners in this programme, which also includes a contemporary work by Caroline Shaw and Stravinsky's Firebird. Chapters: - Martynas Levickis - Ouverture festive pour accordéon - Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin - George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue, arrangement pour accordéon et orchestre - Caroline Shaw - Entr’acte pour cordes - Igor Stravinsky - L’Oiseau de feu, seconde suite pour orchestre
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With Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, accordionist Martynas Levickis reveals the thousand and one facets of an instrument rarely given pride of place in concert halls. The NDR Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Delyana Lazarova are the perfect partners in this programme, which also includes a contemporary work by Caroline Shaw and Stravinsky's Firebird. Chapters: - Martynas Levickis - Ouverture festive pour accordéon - Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin - George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue, arrangement pour accordéon et orchestre - Caroline Shaw - Entr’acte pour cordes - Igor Stravinsky - L’Oiseau de feu, seconde suite pour orchestre