Composer of the month
Igor Stravinsky
1882-1971
Stravinsky conducting The Firebird
The Rite of Spring with Leonard Bernstein conducting
Petrouchka ballet
Scherzo Fantastique (orchestral work)
Circus Polka (piano)
Stravinsky’s The Star Spangled Banner
Ballet
Here are a few famous ballets.
Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev
Overture to Bizet’s Carmen
Listening Guide to Two Spring Ballets
Appalachian Spring by Copland and The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky
Appalachian Spring by Copland
(0:07) Very slowly (Introduction)
(2:51) Allegro (Tutti)
(5:24) Moderato (Pas de deux: bride and groom)
(8:36) Fast (Revivalist and His Flock: barn dance)
(12:06) Presto (Bride’s solo)
(14:31) Meno mosso (transition)
(16:30) Slow introduction to variations (cut from the Suite)
(16:56) Doppio movimento (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
(19:11) Point at which the material cut from the Suite begins
(27:37) Point at which the Suite resumes (last Shaker variation)
(28:06) Moderato (Coda)
The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky