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BBC NOW - Ballet Music: Stravinsky & Ravel

At Swansea Grand Theatre, Swansea · 1 performance from Fri 19 Mar to Fri 19 Mar.

DIALOGUE · SHARPNESS · ENCHANTMENT Ludovic Morlot - Conductor Ben Baker – Violin Tim Ridout – Viola Stravinsky Jeu des cartes Britten Double Concerto for Violin and Viola Interval Ravel Mother Goose Under the direction of Ludovic Morlot, this programme brings together three composers who reshaped musical language with imagination and originality. Stravinsky’s dazzling ballet Jeu des cartes opens the concert with wit and rhythmic brilliance, spinning a sly narrative around the deceitful Joker in music of razor‑sharp invention. At the heart of the evening is Britten’s youthful Double Concerto fo