Maurice Ravel’s 149th Birth Anniversary
March 7 and 11
Stingray Classica celebrates the music of French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) on the occasion of the 149th anniversary of his birth. On March 7 at 21:00 CET, Stingray Classica premieres “Who has stolen the Boléro by Maurice Ravel?”, an investigative documentary on one of the world’s most popular pieces of classical music and the complex legal battle over its copyrights. Following the documentary, French conductor Adrien Perruchon leads the Flanders Symphony Orchestra in an exciting concert program that features Ravel’s famous Boléro, among others. These programs are repeated on March 11 at 21:00 CET.
Who has stolen the Boléro by Maurice Ravel?
March 7 and 11 | 21:00
One of the world’s most popular pieces of classical music, Maurice Ravel’s Boléro (1928), was no longer copyrighted as of May 1, 2016. Up to then it had made Ravel and his heirs millions. Ravel died in 1937 and left all he owned to his brother Edouard. Edouard’s death in 1960 unleashed a complex legal battle over the rights, involving among others Edouard’s nurse and her husband. This 2017 documentary gives a fascinating account of what happened to one this iconic piece of music right under the nose of the public. Filmmaker Fabien Caux-Lahalle underpins this investigative story with clips of the Boléro in various guises.
Works by Ravel, Lalo, Ginastera a. o.
March 7 and 11 | 21:50
French conductor Adrien Perruchon and the Flanders Symphony Orchestra take us on a musical journey to Argentine, Spain, and Mexico, in this March 1, 2017 concert performance at Concertgebouw Brugge in Belgium. The program opens with Édouard Lalo’s Spanish Symphony for violin and orchestra, Op. 21, featuring Czech violinist Josef Špaček as the soloist. This is followed by Mathias Coppens’ Music for Orchestra, Op. 12. The program continues with Alberto Ginastera’s Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a, and Aaron Copland’s El Salón México. Also on the program is Maurice Ravel’s famous Boléro. The program comes to a close with Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2.
