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The Virginia Arts Festival Announces The Rite of Spring: 100th Anniversary Performance, 5/29
The Virginia Arts Festival will make-and remake-history on May 29. That's when the Festival will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the world premiere of The Rite of Spring , Igor Stravinsky 's groundbreaking work that changed the worlds of music and dance forever.
Watch: Tim Sparks Performs a Solo Guitar Version of Igor Stravinsky's "Dance Russe" from Petrushka
Here is the latest installment in Tim Sparks' Russian Project , a solo guitar version of Igor Stravinsky's "Dance Russe" from his ballet Petrushka , with comments by the guitarist.
Sharing Russian folk, religious music
LYRA, an a cappella group of five professional vocalists from St. Petersburg, Russia, will present an evening of choral music 7:30 p.m. Friday at St.
Icelandic women are a rare breed, a limited edition really. So are Icelandic men.
Digital Dose: New classical discs feature music by Ives, Stravinsky, Mozart and Mahler
Ostensibly a polishing of the original, the final Kirkpatrick edition of Ives' "Concord" Sonata featured on this excellent recording actually conveys the opposite effect.
This year's festival embraces an exceptional range of work, with Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen opening events with a Stravinsky double bill.
Here is the another chance for Clevelanders to see Classical Ballet
Jon Kimura Parker’s ‘Rite’ packed with power | Classical review
It's a big month for Russian music, with a "Russian Spectacular" at the Seattle Symphony through next week - and a spectacular Russian recital Wednesday evening by pianist Jon Kimura Parker.
Ballets Russes spectacular multimedia exhibit at D.C.'s National Gallery May 12
The Ballets Russes, which revolutionized dance and the entire art world a century ago, will leap back to life in a spectacular multimedia exhibit at Washington's National Gallery of Art May 12 through Sept.
Five Dance Shows to See This Week, Including Balanchine's 'Rubies'
This week's dance events include Los Angeles Ballet with Balanchine Festival Red, visitors from Canada, and a last chance to meet Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre at the Oasis.
Sharing Russian folk, religious music
LYRA, an a cappella group of five professional vocalists from St. Petersburg, Russia, will present an evening of choral music 7:30 p.m. Friday at St.
A Vancouver-born pianist whose solo recording of Igor Stravinsky orchestral works is drawing raves and a Manitoba violin superstar are among the stars returning to the Jeffery Concerts series next season.
Nijinsky: A Life by Lucy Moore - review
How can we separate the dancer from the dance? Nijinsky's art was a vanishing act, and his mystique depended on gestures that lasted only a second, like his leap through a window in The Spectre of a Rose , or the slight but scandalous quivering of his thighs that mimed ejaculation when, performing Debussy's Afternoon of a Faun , he rubbed himself ... (more)
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London gallery showcases Russian theatre and ballet
Works from the "Golden Age of Russian Ballet and Theatre Design" exhibition are on show at London's St.
A musical rhythm usually implies a regular grouping and dividing of beats, which is called the music's meter .
John Eliot Gardiner began the celebrations early for his 70th birthday last week when he presided over the nine-hour Bach marathon at the Royal Albert Hall on Easter Monday.
Transcription Prescription: Michele Campanella and Jon Kimura Parker
Piano reductions of orchestral and vocal scores are a tradition meeting two ends.
Classical concerts upcoming in Brevard, Asheville
To learn more about either show, call the department at 884-8211. * The Spring Chamber Music Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Porter Center for Performing Arts.
Verb Ballets 'Rite' a series of unexpected and compelling twists
Or Sagi is the groom, top, and Ryan De Alexandro the gay priest who lusts after him in Richard Dickinson's "The Rite of Spring: The Bride Unseen," which Verb Ballets is performing this weekend at Cleveland Public Theatre.