Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring Performs Twice in Seoul This November

After nine orchestra visits, this year winds down

Twice within five days this November, Korean audiences will hear Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" -- first from Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, then from Teodor Currentzis and his Utopia Orchestra, in interpretations built on almost opposite philosophies. Mahler follows just as tightly: Rattle closes his two-night stand with Symphony No. 2, and Currentzis folds Symphony No. 1 into those same Nov. 17-18 concerts. It's the starkest overlap in a fall season that packs nine

By The Korea Herald