Loading descriptions...
Igor Stravinsky shocked the western world with his ballet score
The Rite of Spring.
Almost a hundred years ago, Igor Stravinsky shocked the western
world with his ballet score The Rite of Spring , a highly
charged and confrontational piece. Michael Tilson Thomas goes
behind the scenes in St. Petersburg and Paris to discover the
spirit in which it was written and the drama of the opening night
that shook the music world to its foundations.