Stravinsky used the collage technique in his Petrushka, which showed that he was up to date with the times: at the same time, artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque were using newspaper clippings as material for their works.
Witold Lutosławski’s Cello Concerto begins in a striking way: the cellist plays the D note alone, monotonously, every second. Lutosławski’s own view of the situation resembles a description of the meditating mind: “I think of the D note as a moment of complete relaxation or even distraction. The performer abandons this state of mind as soon as something else starts happening and returns to it several times during the introduction.”
Season tickets are on sale from 6 May to 3 August 2026.
Single tickets for concerts go on sale on 11 August 2026.
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