San Antonio Philharmonic makes season debut with concert featuring Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird

The San Antonio Philharmonic opens its second season with a concert showcasing internationally acclaimed Korean violinist Chee-Yun and culminating in a performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird (1945).

Under the baton of guest conductor Jeffrey Kahane, the ensemble returns to First Baptist Church to play a program featuring Latin Grammy-nominated Juan Pablo Contreras’ Mariachitlán, followed by Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, for which the Philharmonic will be joined by Chee-Yun, who performs with a 354-year-old Francesco Ruggieri instrument.

The concert closes with the half-hour suite Stravinsky adapted from his one-act ballet The Firebird, which originally debuted in Paris in 1910 to critical acclaim. A collaboration with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes, Firebird‘s success opened the door for Stravinsky to compose additional ballets for the company, including Petrushka and his infamous Rite of Spring.

$35-$75, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22 and Saturday, Sept. 23, First Baptist Church, 515 McCullough Ave., (210) 201-6006, saphil.org.

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