Juraj Valčuha by Ravel, Dall'Ongaro, M., Prokofiev, št 02 feb 2017, Od (2017/2017), Dirigent Juraj Valčuha, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

The evening opens with Ravel's Ma Mère l'Oye and the world premiere of Manual d'exorcismo by Michele dall'Ongaro, a composition commissioned by the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, to continue with the Symphony n. 3 by Sergei Prokofiev, a piece derived from the opera The Fiery Angel , which was never performed in the composer's lifetime. The plot is about a woman, Renata, prey to mystical kidnappings and crises of hysterical eroticism, in love with a fiery angel, and in whose story Faust and Mephistopheles also appear before being condemned to the stake as a witch. Prokofiev's music conveys the sense of diabolical perceptions with rhythms and colors, alternating moments of quiet with strident chords.