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Work: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

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ComposerStravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeDance
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BerlinBerliner Philharmoniker I

Berliner Festspiele
Boulez, Adámek, Stravinsky
Berliner Philharmoniker; François-Xavier Roth

AmsterdamKlaus Mäkelä & Concertgebouw Orchestra in Stravinsky's Sacre

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Thorvaldsdottir, Saint-Saëns, Stravinsky
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Klaus Mäkelä; Jean-Yves Thibaudet

BucharestRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Enescu, Saint-Saëns, Stravinsky
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Klaus Mäkelä; Jean-Yves Thibaudet
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Icelandic fire from Anna Thorvaldsdottir at the BBC Proms

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Eva Ollikainen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and soloist Johannes Moser in the UK premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s BBC co-commissioned Cello Concerto. 
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Nott shapes a visceral arc with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

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Fragmentation to ritual: this was no Rite of Spring of two halves but a single, vast architectural crescendo.
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An awesome Rite of Spring from Aziz Shokhakimov in Strasbourg

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The Uzbek conductor shows that he's a force to be reckoned with, revealing unimaginable amounts of detail in Stravinsky's score. Jan Lisiecki gives a carefully weighted account of Mozart.
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LondonLSO on Stage: The Rite of Spring

London Symphony Orchestra
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle

New York CityDublin Guitar Quartet

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Dessner, Mellits, Stravinsky
Dublin Guitar Quartet

London1993 Europakonzert from London with Bernard Haitink and Frank Peter Zimmermann

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Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Stravinsky
Berliner Philharmoniker; Bernard Haitink; Frank Peter Zimmermann
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Time magician: Jonathan Nott explores The Rite of Spring

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The English conductor talks about his bond with the storied Swiss orchestra he has helmed since 2017, and how they plan to recreate the danger of Stravinsky’s famous ballet.

Bachtrack top ten: Igor Stravinsky

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No 20th-century composer adapted his style as much as Igor Stravinsky. From his early ballets for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes to his neoclassical phase and serialism, Stravinsky’s music underwent many transformations. 

Stravinsky's music caresses Terpsichore

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We look at the fruitful creative relationship between Igor Stravinsky and Sergey Diaghilev and the composer's various creations for the company Les Ballets Russes.