#2: The Rite of Spring, or when Lenny met Igor

Summary:

Few musical works have inspired so many stories as Stravinsky's 1913 hit, The Rite of Spring. These are just three or four of them.

Website:

http://stravinsky.sonybmgmasterworks.com/

Additional Credits and Funding:

Stravinsky at 1-2-5 has been funded in part with a grant from Sony/BMG Masterworks, the home of the recorded legacy of Igor Stravinsky.

Timely on:

June 17: Stravinsky's 125th birthday

Tones:

Authoritative, Engaging, Surprising

Language:

English

Description:

If ever anything deserved to be called a bolt from the blue, then surely it's The Rite of Spring. At its premiere in Paris in 1913, this ballet provoked a riot; six months later, its composer, Igor Stravinsky, was the darling of the Paris scene.

That's what happens when you create a sensation. People talk; they share stories. And over the next half century The Rite of Spring provoked many stories -- about Stravinsky and his genius, about his artistic vision, about how Stravinsky left Leonard Bernstein speechless the one and only time they met.

As part of Stravinsky at 1-2-5, a series celebrating the 125th anniversary of the composer's birth, producer Jackson Braider tells some stories from the life of The Rite of Spring, or "When Lenny met Igor."

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