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DANCE SERIES I: RHYTHM IS IT!
RHYTHM IS IT! – The Dance Performance shows the first piece of the DANCE SERIES: the complete dance performance of LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS with 250 young dancers, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir...
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Aaron Copland – Dance Symphony for Orchestra (1925)
One of Aaron Copland’s first significant works upon returning from his studies in Paris was the necromantic ballet Grohg. This ballet, suggested to Copland by the film Nosferatu, a free adaptation of...
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Igor Stravinsky – Concerto in D (1946)
Concerto in D, for string orchestra in D major (“Basel Concerto”), (1946) I. Vivace II. Arioso III. Rondo Bournemouth Sinfonietta Richard Studt Paul Sacher’s 1946 commission for a work to celebrate...
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Igor Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements (1942-45)
The Symphony in Three Movements is a work by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky wrote the symphony from 1942–45 on commission by the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York. It...
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Elliott Carter – Dialogues for solo piano and 18 instruments (2004)
Dialogues for piano and chamber orchestra was a BBC Radio 3 commission for the brilliant young British pianist Nicolas Hodges and is scored for piano solo and a chamber orchestra comprising 18...
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Igor Stravinsky – Symphony In C (1940)
On today’s date in 1940, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra helped to celebrate its 50th anniversary with the premiere performance of a specially commissioned symphony from the famous Russian composer Igor...
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Igor Stravinsky – Ebony Concerto (1945)
Two different worlds united in one. I. Moderato II. Andante III. Moderato Igor Stravinsky wrote the Ebony Concerto in 1945 for the Woody Herman band known as the First Herd. It is one in a series of...
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Igor Stravinsky – Three Japanese Lyrics (1913)
Stravinsky’s Three Japanese Lyrics (1912-1913) were composed just as the taste for all things Oriental, from fine arts to fashion, was reaching its apex throughout Europe. Nowhere was this fad more...
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