Tag: Igor Stravinsky

• Igor Stravinsky – Three Japanese Lyrics (1913)

  May 19

  Stravinsky’s Three Japanese Lyrics (1912-1913) were composed just as the taste for all things Oriental, from fine arts to fashion, was reaching its apex throughout Europe. Nowhere was this fad… more ›

• Igor Stravinsky – Ebony Concerto (1945)

  Feb 14

  Two different worlds united in one. I. Moderato II. Andante III. Moderato Igor Stravinsky wrote the Ebony Concerto in 1945 for the Woody Herman band known as the First Herd. It is one in… more ›

• Igor Stravinsky – Symphony In C (1940)

  Nov 7

  On today’s date in 1940, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra helped to celebrate its 50th anniversary with the premiere performance of a specially commissioned symphony from the famous Russian composer Igor… more ›

• Elliott Carter – Dialogues for solo piano and 18 instruments (2004)

  Nov 5

  Dialogues for piano and chamber orchestra was a BBC Radio 3 commission for the brilliant young British pianist Nicolas Hodges and is scored for piano solo and a chamber orchestra… more ›

• Igor Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements (1942-45)

  Feb 27

  The Symphony in Three Movements is a work by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky wrote the symphony from 1942–45 on commission by the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York.… more ›

• Igor Stravinsky – Concerto in D (1946)

  Nov 19

  Concerto in D, for string orchestra in D major (“Basel Concerto”), (1946) I. Vivace II. Arioso III. Rondo Bournemouth Sinfonietta Richard Studt Paul Sacher’s 1946 commission for a work to… more ›

• Aaron Copland – Dance Symphony for Orchestra (1925)

  Aug 20

  One of Aaron Copland’s first significant works upon returning from his studies in Paris was the necromantic ballet Grohg. This ballet, suggested to Copland by the film Nosferatu, a free… more ›

• DANCE SERIES I: RHYTHM IS IT!

  Jan 24

  RHYTHM IS IT! – The Dance Performance shows the first piece of the DANCE SERIES: the complete dance performance of LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS with 250 young dancers, the Berliner… more ›