Preparations are under way to mark the 100th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's momentous ballet score, "The Rite of Spring". The revolutionary work, which provoked a riot during its Paris premiere, is ...

Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s music takes centre stage in the new Wes Anderson film, The Phoenician Scheme. We explore ...

Synthet looked at the "Orchestra Hit", a famous staccato sample that came from Igor Stravinsky's 1910 composition "The ...

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The past remains the past, and rarely generates headline news. An exception should be made for Igor Stravinsky’s 1908 work “Pogrebal’naya Pesnya,” or “Funeral Song,” which Esa-Pekka ...

Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Stravinsky's works fall conveniently into three periods. The first, his "Russian" period, lasts until just before the First World War. The key works ...

The transformation of an established classic can be a risky endeavor, and the effort doesn’t always pay off. Who wants to see a great, stark black-and-white film—“The Best Years of Our Lives ...

This story begins and ends with a photo. It’s Igor Stravinsky, the legendary modernist composer. He looks a little worse for wear. In fact, it looks like a mug shot. The date on the Boston ...

‘The Rite of Spring/common ground[s]’ pairs Pina Bausch’s 1975 setting of the Stravinsky score with a new piece by Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo. Robert Greskovic ...