The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andris Nelsons, presented its final performance of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” on Friday. “The Rite of Spring,” or “Le Sacre du printemps” in its ...
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 ...
Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring has been called “the most important piece of music of the 20th century” by Leonard Bernstein, described as “sounding like a voice from another planet” by Aaron Copland ...