Igor Stravinsky
Bejart Ballet dancers perform at Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' in the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, on April 3, 2013. The renowned Russian theater opened last week a month-long festival, 'Century of 'The Rite of Spring' — Century of Modernism,' dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the first performance of the famous Stravinsky's ballet.
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Then The Curtain Opened: The Bracing Impact Of Stravinsky's 'Rite'
hundred years ago this week, a ballet premiered that changed the art world. Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps The Rite of Spring was first seen by the public on May 29, 1913, in Paris. As the orchestra played The Rite's swirling introduction, the audience 7:15 AM from Georgia Public Broadcasting Read more »
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Can it really be only Opus 5? FINAL COUNTDOWN Classical music concerts often have some programmatic idea: works that influenced each other, or pieces that provide an interesting tonal contrast. But The Opus Project has from Berkeleyside Read more »
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The Cocktail Party Guide To Igor Stravinsky
diverted the conversation — from the botanical attributes of new navy strength gins to the big 100th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring . "It started a freakin' riot in Paris at its premiere," one of them said, sipping her Hayman's from NPR Read more »
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The Cocktail Party Guide To Igor Stravinsky
century. Believing the manuscripts Diaghilev dug up for him were by Giovanni Pergolesi (they were actually by Domenico Gallo), Stravinsky essentially — and brilliantly — painted over the old canvases in fresh, colorful strokes. It was the first of his neoclassical from NPR Read more »
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La Sacre du Printemps turns 100, the Butchershop Quartet celebrates
subtitles. It seems to be a hallowed tradition. Seat destruction was also famously visited upon the world premiere of the Igor Stravinsky ballet masterpiece Le Sacre de Printemps (The Rite of Spring) on May 29, 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The Jonathan from Chicago Reader Read more »
