As the 100th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring approaches, commentator Miles Hoffman reminds us that — as earthshaking as that infamous debut was — the composer soon branched ...

Conductor Robert Spano assumes the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s podium again this month, his first appearances here since 2022. On May 2 and May 3 the venerated ASO music director laureate conducted a ...

The aggressively modern ballet premiered in Paris in 1913, and provoked a response just as striking as the music and dance. Then The Curtain Opened: The Bracing Impact Of Stravinsky's 'Rite' One ...

In a rehearsal for Claudia Schreier’s new version of “The Rite of Spring,” Mikaela Santos brought the piece to its culmination — a solo in which a sacrificial female is compelled to dance to her last ...

The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky; Minnesota Orchestra; Eije Oue, conductor; recorded on January 20, 1996 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota; 1997 Grammy Awards Nominee for Best Engineered ...

Not long after his shocking ballet, the composer branched out into a broad range of styles, ushering in new musical trends far from the violent... Igor Stravinsky's 'Rite Of Spring' Counterrevolution ...

Minnesota Orchestra; Stanislav Skrowaczewski, conductor; recorded on October 3, 1977 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Candide-Vox CT 2212 (cassette); QCE 31108 (long-play record); Vox ...

After his shocking ballet, The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky branched out in surprising directions. Hoffman says that, up until the infamous (and riotous) Rite of Spring debut — on May 29, 1913 — ...