The Rite of Spring
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductorBalletMet
Program:
DEBUSSY Syrinx
DEBUSSY Prélude à "l'Après-midi d'un faune" (Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun")
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole
STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
The Columbus Symphony and BalletMet perform on the same stage to welcome spring with Igor Stravinsky's earth-shaking, riot-inducing recreation of prehistoric pagan rituals, The Rite of Spring. The work celebrates its 100th anniversary of the premiere in Paris on May 29, 2013. One hundred years later, this masterpiece still thrills and captures our imagination with its revolutionary sounds.
