Ravel: Boléro
Ravel's famous orchestral work, known for opening softly and building to, according to his instruction, a crescendo finish to be played as loudly as possible.
Duration
Approx. 16 minutes
Performance date
06 March 2022
Tags
Ravel
Energetic
Gemma New
French
Featured Artists
Programme
Ravel Boléro
Gemma New Conductor
Ravel’s Boléro was instantly popular, even though Ravel himself deemed it merely “an experiment […] with no contrasts, and practically no invention.” 100 years of rapt audiences beg to differ!
Presented as part of the NZSO's Jubilee celebration at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, on the 75th Anniversary of its first concert on 06 March 1947.
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