Keeping Score: Stravinsky's Rite Of Spring

1 DVD - Label: San Fransisco Symphony - SFS60014 - Rite Of Spring, The - Stravinsky, Igor - Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony - Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas

In 1913, with Europe on the brink of a war, a fashionable Parisian audience reacted with hostile frenzy to the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's new work, 'Rite of Spring'. The ballet's shocking music and dance provoked a riot that evening and soon afterwards was recognized as perhaps the most revolutionary piece of the 20th century. It still has that reputation today. In this DVD, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra take you from the salons of St. Petersburg to the villages where Stravinsky found inspiration in the earthly power of Russian folk music and dance. MTT then retraces Stravinsky's journey to the cultural crossroads of pre-war Paris. There, in collaboration with the great impresario Diaghilev and his star dancer Nijinsky, Stravinsky developed the shocking, erotic, and violent evocation of pagan Russia that became 'The Rite of Spring'. Nearly a century after this wild rain forest of sound was performed, 'The Rite of Spring' remains an exhilarating and liberating as music can be. MTT and the San Francisco Symphony show you why. Bonus features: Live Performance of Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' and music from 'The Firebird' by the San Francisco Symphony and MTT shot in high definition, presented 16:9 wide screen and 5.1 surround sound. Documentary includes optional close-caption English subtitles. Subtitles in German, French, Spanish and Chinese.

Price: $26.98