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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Rite Of Spring

98th Anniversary of the debut. Didn't know/remember/connect that the Théâtre des Champs-élysées, where the controversy & outrage happened, was the same venue where we saw The Who crank through Tommy in 1970.

Here's TintinCarlEsa-Peka Salonen leading a few bars of The Rite.
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3 comments:

  1. Glennis29 May, 2011 18:21

    I knew this piece from old LPs of my dads' but I heard this played live only once, on one of the opening day events at Disney Hall, with my kid.

    It was amazing to hear it in a hall that live.

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  2. Glennis29 May, 2011 18:21

    Durh! That Salonen cut might be what Max and I saw.

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  3. M. Bouffant31 May, 2011 17:30

    Symphonic Editor Regrets:

    Big Stravinsky/Rite fan, but never managed to see Salonen conduct it, & now he's gone.

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