The riotous premiere of "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 Paris is something of a legend. Igor Stravinsky's dissonant, pulsating score; Vaslav Nijinsky's frantic, tribalistic choreography; and the ballet's ...
Music director-designate Klaus Mäkelä leads the orchestra in an all-Paris program, including Milhaud’s “Le Boeuf sur le Toit, ...
Sibelius’ Violin Concerto premiered in Helsinki in 1904. In 1913, Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes performed the premiere of The Rite of Spring, choreographed by its legendary star Vaslav Nijinsky ...