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“I was guided by no system whatever in Le Sacre du Printemps,” wrote Igor Stravinsky in 1961. “I had only my ear to help me; I heard and I wrote what I heard. I am the vessel through which Le Sacre ...

In June 1912, almost a year before The Rite of Spring reached the stage at its notorious Paris premiere, Stravinsky and Claude Debussy had played through the ballet together at the piano. Stravinsky ...

Igor Stravinsky was a young, virtually unknown composer when he was recruited by Sergei Diaghliev to create works for Diaghliev's Ballets Russe. Firebird and Petrushka were composed first and then the ...

One 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.

Even among this year's rash of anniversaries, the centenary of the most iconic work in 20th-century music has featured prominently. It has generated a number of new recordings of varying quality, and ...

Hear excerpts of "The Rite of Spring" in conductor Valery Gergiev's thrilling performance with the Kirov Orchestra. Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) is often held up ...

In its centenary year, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring is no longer just a ballet – it's a comfort blanket to artists everywhere, says Louise Levene. Impressive: Paul White dances Meryl Tankard’s 'The ...

(The) Rite of Spring, '(Le) sacre du printemps' Isabelle Faust, Violin Orchestre de Paris Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor Alhambra Concerto Isabelle Faust, Violin Orchestre de Paris Pablo Heras-Casado, ...

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