Composed for Fokine's libretto after a popular tale, The Firebird, in the 1945 "orchestra suite" version, takes us on a journey in the footsteps of Ivan Tsarevich and the marvelous bird. Infernal dances, shimmering textures and superb cantilenas follow one another in this wild and dreamlike page. Entrusted to the virtuoso bow of Isabelle Faust, the Violin Concerto shines with those of Bartók, Prokofiev or Berg at the firmament of the genre, alternating frenzy and poignant nostalgia. A veritable totem of musical modernity, The Rite of Spring is a formidable pagan rite: a revolutionary and "barbaric" score for which, on 29 May 1913, the seats at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées were broken.
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- Music
- Music
- Classical music
- Concert