Summary: 2. THE RITE OF SPRING OR WHEN LENNY MET IGOR (13’20) The story of Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), and Stravinsky legendary introduction to Leonard Bernstein. If ever anything deserved to be called a bolt from the blue, then surely it's The Rite of Spring. At its premiere in Paris in 1913, this ballet provoked a riot; six months later, its composer, Igor Stravinsky, was the darling of the Paris scene. That's what happens when you create a sensation. People talk; they share stories. And over the next half century The Rite of Spring provoked many stories -- about Stravinsky and his genius, about his artistic vision, about how Stravinsky left Leonard Bernstein speechless the one and only time they met. As part of Stravinsky at 1-2-5, a series celebrating the 125th anniversary of the composer's birth, producer Jackson Braider tells some stories from the life of The Rite of Spring, or "When Lenny met Igor." Featuring music from: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky: Petroushka (Original 1911 Version) & The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (CD) Only $8.98 (25% off) BUY NOW MORE INFO > Leonard Bernstein Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & Suite from "The Firebird" [Expanded Edition] (CD) Only $8.98 (25% off) BUY NOW MORE INFO > Featuring interviews with: John Heiss, Professor of Composition and Music Theory at The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston John McClure, Igor Stravinsky’s producer at Columbia Masterworks
