Episode 10: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky
It doesn't get more radical than this - Igor Stravinsky's groundbreaking ballet and the story of that "Riot at the Rite"!
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MUSIC CREDITS (in order of appearance):
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Work: The Rite of Spring (for piano 4 hands)
Performer: Lidija and Sanja Bizjak
Year: 2013
Label: Mirare
Catalogue No: MIR171
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Work: The Rite of Spring
Performer: Kirov Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Year: 2001
Label: Philips
Catalogue No: 4680352
With thanks to Leander Mangelsdorf for the German translation, and Emilia Strachevskaia.