Stravinsky News

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ohio Dance Theatre will be performing Stravinsky's seductive " Firebird " on Friday, May 10th and Saturday, May 11th at 7:00 p.m. in Oberlin's Hall Auditorium .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Piano reductions of orchestral and vocal scores are a tradition meeting two ends.

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.

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.