Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring
Sun Valley Pavilion 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, United StatesItās hard to imagine a piece of classical music causing a riot, but thatās the word often applied to the audienceās reaction when Stravinskyās ballet The Rite of Spring debuted in Paris in 1913. The music (and dancing) broke with tradition so dramatically that itās often called the first example of modernism in music. As a young man, Stravinskyās first inspiration to write music for dance came from seeing Tchaikovskyās Sleeping Beauty, so itās fitting that the Festival Orchestra plays some excerpts from that ballet to open this concert.