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The YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 performs The Firebird (Infernal Dance -- Berceuse -- Finale) by Stravinsky at the Grand Finale concert.
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Léon Bakst(costumes) The Firebird(French: L'Oiseau de feu; Russian: Жар-птица, romanized: Zhar-ptitsa) is a balletand orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russescompany; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, who collaborated ...
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After The Firebird, Stravinsky’s early career was bolstered by the triumph of his next two works: Petrushka and The Rite of Spring. Given the impact of the last work in particular, it is customary to note Stravinsky’s pivotal influence on the development of musical modernism. Yet in 1910, he was a largely untested novice. The Firebird was a product...
Magical birds are not without precedent in folklore, having featured in the childhood tales of many countries, such as Germany, where a similar creature appears in Grimm’s The Golden Bird. Yet in Russia, the Firebird had a special significance, emerging as a nationalist symbol over the latter decades of the 19th century. Characterised as a bird of ...
Fokine, who by typical accounts was a difficult choreographer to work with, likely caused three composers to exit or decline the project. Hence, the fortuitous opening for Stravinsky, a student of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the elder statesman of Russian music whose most progressive works were little known in the West. According to Fokine’s autobiogr...
But that would miss the most important point: for audiences in the West, The Firebird was a hit. These fantastical tales of Russia’s past were woven, almost accidentally it seems, with a musical work that on foreign soil appeared unexpectedly modern. The belated development of Russian music had for a century remained relatively hidden to the rest o...
Stravinsky's The Firebird: A guide to the ballet's composer ...
Dates: b. 1882 / d. 1971. Nationality: Russian. Period: 20th Century. Genre: Ballet music. Key Musical Elements: Claudia Winkleman introduces Stravinsky's The Firebird. Igor Stravinsky was a ...
3 versions. Composition Year. 1911, rev. 1919 and 1945. Genre Categories. Suites; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; for piccolo, 3 flutes, 2 alto flutes, 2 bass flutes and contrabass flute (arr) Related Works. Adapted by the composer from The Firebird (ballet) Contents. 1Performances.
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- Composer: Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June 1882 -- 6 April 1971)- Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra- Conductor: Pierre Boulez- Year of recording: 1...
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