In a rehearsal for Claudia Schreier’s new version of “The Rite of Spring,” Mikaela Santos brought the piece to its culmination — a solo in which a sacrificial female is compelled to dance to her last ...

Conductor Robert Spano assumes the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s podium again this month, his first appearances here since 2022. On May 2 and May 3 the venerated ASO music director laureate conducted a ...

Pref. by François Lesure and Genesis of a masterpiece, by Robert Craft, in English, French, and German: p. vii-xlvii. Appendix (47 p. (in pocket) 27 cm ...

Savage and primitive, hypnotic and hell-bent, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring turned Paris into the scene of one of the most astounding opening nights in history. In this episode of Keeping Score ...

The infamous debut of Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," with tales of walk-outs and booing, occurred in 1913. A hundred and four years later, the Russian composer's revolutionary work will get ...

The recent "news," from Robert Craft, who should know, that at least during the time of the composition of his most famous work, Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), Igor Stravinsky was having ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – While the mysterious life forces of nature were busy choreographing an early outburst of vernal colors outside Severance Music Center on Thursday evening, guest conductor Klaus ...

FORT WORTH — Both the Fort Worth and Dallas symphony orchestras paired related works on concerts this week. Following the DSO’s Austro-German program, reviewed separately, the FWSO on Friday presented ...

Stravinsky’s electrifying ballet and internationally celebrated pianist Olga Kern performing Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra welcomes back pianist Olga Kern to ...

RETROSPECTIVES AND CONCLUSIONS by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft. 350 pages. Knopf. $7.95. According to Robert Craft, Igor Stravinsky’s recording angel, Retrospectives and Conclusions is the last in ...

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA concludes the 2024/25 season with performances featuring highly acclaimed pianist Olga Kern on Saturday, May 31 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 1 at 3 p.m. at Skyview ...