Janine Jansen violin; Stacey Watton double bass; Lars Wouters Van Den Oudenweijer clarinet; Fredrik Ekdahl bassoon; Reinhold Friedrich trumpet; Jörgen Van Rijen trombone; Gustavo Gimeno percussion; Samuel West narrator

Performers

Janine Jansen

violin

Stacey Watton

double bass

Lars Wouters Van Den Oudenweijer

clarinet

Fredrik Ekdahl

bassoon

Reinhold Friedrich

trumpet

Jörgen Van Rijen

trombone

Gustavo Gimeno

percussion

Samuel West

narrator (subject to availability)

Programme

Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale

About this concert

While decisive battles raged in the trenches of Flanders and bloody skirmishes defined the course of Russia’s Civil War, Stravinsky was at work in Switzerland setting a timeless parable of the homecoming soldier who sells his soul to the devil in return for a violin.

Janine Jansen, Samuel West and an international brigade of outstanding soloists join forces to catch the spirit of the exiled composer’s pioneering work of music theatre.

This event is part of the Janine Jansen Residency series.