Most people know of Igor Stravinsky from his famous “The Rite of Spring,” a profoundly captivating but deeply disturbing ballet composed in 1913 by this rising musical star from Russia. The legend is ...

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 DSO's Brahms and Bruckner were linked only by proximity of premieres, but Stravinsky studied with the older Russian composer, and learned a lot of orchestral tricks from him. They're quite obvious ...

One of the reasons, if a lesser one, that Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring") created a scandal at its Paris premiere on May 29, 1913 –more than a century ago now– was that, ...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andris Nelsons, presented its final performance of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” on Friday. “The Rite of Spring,” or “Le Sacre du printemps” in its ...

Streaming platforms for Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird / The Rite of Spring haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Whatever their historical validity, the picture of Stravinsky these autobiographical productions conjure up is of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – While the mysterious life forces of nature were busy choreographing an early outburst of vernal colors outside Severance Music Center on Thursday evening, guest conductor Klaus ...

Western Piedmont Symphony will present MASTERWORKS: THE RITE OF SPRING, on Saturday, January 25. This season, the regional professional orchestra celebrates 60 years of music in the foothills of ...

Sign up to receive our email newsletter in your inbox. Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra will perform the music to legendary composer Igor Stravinsky’s ...

Thursday night's Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert may have had the highest average decibel count of any recent classical performance in the area. Most of that was built into the music, but there was ...