VI: BAS WIEGERS AND THE RITE OF SPRING • Symphonic lunches

Manuel de Falla

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Igor Stravinsky

The Rite of Spring

AGE JUURIKAS piano, ERSO, conductor BAS WIEGERS

Dutch conductor Bas Wiegers performs frequently with ERSO and their collaboration began in 2016, at the Eight Bridges Festival, in Cologne. Since the 2022/23 season, the charismatic conductor works with the Munich Chamber Orchestra and appears often as a guest conductor for various orchestras around the world. The last time when Wiegers performed with ERSO was in April 2022 when Triin Ruubel gave a solo performance of Tôru Takemitsu’s work Nostalghia. This time, the person to share the stage with Wiegers and ERSO is the pianist Age Juurikas, who will be performing Manuel de Falla’s work Nights in the Gardens of Spain. The concert will also feature Igor Stravinsky’s legendary The Rite of Spring.