Sakari Oramo conducts Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

Rites of spring: Stravinsky, Hillborg and a spectacular Mendelssohn rediscovery from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The ice thaws on the Harz mountains and as the sap rises, primal passions surge. A colourful retelling of pagan German myth, The First Walpurgisnacht isn’t what you might expect from a composer as familiar as Mendelssohn.