“Upbeat”: Igor Stravinsky’s “Petrushka”

A fairground, all kinds of folk songs and a bear who gets up to mischief – there are countless details to discover in Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka. Cellist Stephan Koncz guides us through his favourite passages in Petrushka in this Upbeat, while chief conductor Kirill Petrenko can be seen rehearsing with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

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