The Rite of Spring turns 100 today, though it will never get old.
Esa-Pekka Salonen offers some interesting thoughts in the video above.
My own modest essay on Stravinsky’s masterpiece is here.
Carl St.Clair and the Pacific Symphony perform the work next week.
Below, they offer their own “mash-up” of The Rite of Spring. Warning: Comedic zombies!
dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun DUN dun DUN dun dun DUN dun dun dun dun dun…
The Pacific Ballet one is so fast! Love the energy!!! The Thriller tempo works for Stravinsky.
(…and then it gets weird.)