The Firebird for Fireworks Night

[sawyl]

What else for Bonfire Night, except Stravinsky's The Firebird? OK, so I actually wanted either Knussen's Flourish with Fireworks or Stravinsky's Feu d'artifice, but couldn't find anything suitably visual. Here, then, is Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony in the closing section of The Firebird:

There's something wonderful about watching Boulez in action — the way his calm and undemonstrative style is completely at odds with what he achieves.