Russian Night at the Proms

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Musorgsky's demonic tone poem Night on Bare Mountain is paired with Stravinsky's 20th-century masterpiece The Rite of Spring, a piece that at its premiere in Paris in triggered the most famous riot in ballet history. Deborah Bull will be hoping for less controversy at the Royal Albert Hall when she introduces the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of charismatic conductor Valery Gergiev.