Yeah!!! 103 years ago today - May 29th, 1913, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky debuted The Rite of Spring before a Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris with a ballet performance. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky, with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. Here is the version which conducted by Leonard Bernstein and played by the London Symphony Orchestra in 1958.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
The Rite of spring premiered at 103 years ago today
Yeah!!! 103 years ago today - May 29th, 1913, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky debuted The Rite of Spring before a Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris with a ballet performance. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky, with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. Here is the version which conducted by Leonard Bernstein and played by the London Symphony Orchestra in 1958.
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