100 years ago today: the world premiere of the Igor Stravinsky composition The Rite of Spring by the Ballets Russes on 29 May 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. It was a riot back then, but it has been recognized as a landmark for classical music since then. Play loud, like Stravinsky intended.
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
Igor Stravinsky
Watch The Rite of Spring performed by the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest @ the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 2010/11/14. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden.
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