Alexander Shelley leads the Pacific Symphony in a spectacular presentation of Stravinsky's Firebird from January 15 to 18, featuring full-length animated visuals. The concert opens with John Adams’ ...
Igor Stravinsky looms large in the pantheon of modern composers. Both the White House and the Kremlin sent representatives to his April 1971 funeral in Manhattan. Two weeks later, thousands swelled ...
Marking a pivotal moment in his early career, Igor Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet The Firebird brought the composer international attention with a score that contrasted lyricism with sounds that challenged ...
The Firebird was the first of two folklore ballets composed by Igor Stravinsky and commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes (Petrushka followed). The ballet premiered at the Paris Opera ...
Magic springs from every moment of Stravinsky’s rapturous, red-hot Firebird, a masterpiece of orchestral innovation that soars through landscapes of wonder and enchantment, then roars its way to a ...
Forget the flowing scarlet feathers you picture when someone mentions The Firebird. Ballet Arizona opens its intriguing take on the classic Russian ballet this week – with a futuristic twist. It’s ...
It’s that classic story of boy meets mythical bird, bird gives boy magical feather, boy rescues girl from evil sorcerer king with bird’s help. “And then of course, they get married and live happily ...
David Robertson conducts the Dallas Symphony Orchestra during a performance of Stravinsky's Fireworks on April 25, 2019 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. Ben Torres / Special ...
On this week's podcast of From the Top, the victorious finale from Stravinsky's Firebird Suite is performed by a teenage pianist from Chicago. He's joined by a teenage violinist using YouTube to ...