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 — ...
Stravinsky based his Pulcinella Suite on what he thought was the work of Giambattista Pergolesi. That's now been debunked, but at the time, Stravinsky claimed, "Pulcinella is the only work of ...
Petrushka Yakov Kreizberg, Conductor Igor Stravinsky, Composer Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (The) Firebird, '(L')oiseau de feu' Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Igor Stravinsky, Composer Yakov ...
Apollon musagète Igor Stravinsky, Composer Alexander Janiczek, Violin Chamber Orchestra of Europe Pulcinella Igor Stravinsky, Composer Alexander Janiczek, Violin Chamber Orchestra of Europe Apollo ...
Brooklyn Philharmonic is joined by Complexions Contemporary Ballet and its Co-Artistic Directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson to choreograph Stravinsky’s ballet, “Pulcinella,” bringing a ...
Masaaki Suzuki remains most strongly associated with his own Bach Collegium Japan, but he has a parallel conducting career away from the ensemble and the composer. This all-Stravinsky disc finds him ...
Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ice Maiden inspired Stravinsky’s ballet The Fairy’s Kiss, the score of which is an homage to his childhood hero, Tchaikovsky. Stravinsky reimagined several of the ...