Performance of Stravinsky's four-hand piano arrangement of The Rite of Spring by Jonathan Biss and Jeremy Denk from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

The Rite of Spring, ballet by Russian modernist composer Igor Stravinsky that premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris on May 29, 1913. It is considered one of the first examples of …

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Discover The Rite of Spring ballet by Stravinsky and Nijinsky. A groundbreaking modernist work depicting pagan ritual. Complete plot and revolutionary history.

Feb 18, 2025 · We explore the story behind Stravinsky's groundbreaking ballet The Rite of Spring, as well as its best recordings

The Rite of Spring (French: Le Sacre du printemps, Russian: «Весна священная»,Vesna svyashchennaya) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.

Composition and premiere: Sergei Diaghilev commissioned Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) on August 8, 1911. Stravinsky quickly finished Part I by early January 1912 and completed the …

In broad strokes, the work portrays, in both music and in dance, a series of scenarios based on spring fertility rituals in ancient pagan Russia, culminating at the end with the sacrifice of a young maiden …

Mar 21, 2025 · Explore the unsettling power of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring—a revolutionary ballet that shocked 1913 Paris and still stirs primal emotions. Discover its haunting ties to Nijinsky, Bowie, …

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring is the most famous musical work of the twentieth century—as fresh and powerful now as it was when it was written, in 1913. This detailed analytical study consists of …