Tagged: Rite of Spring

IGOR STRAVINSKY’S RITE OF SPRING — Part Three

At this point in the segment, Life has yet to emerge. Then-current scientific conjecture about Life’s origin suggested that the settling and cooling of the seas might have provided a catalytic atmosphere propitious for this eventuality. So with a final...

IGOR STRAVINSKY’S THE RITE OF SPRING — Part One

The most lengthy segment in Fantasia. At the time of the film’s release in 1940 this “pantomime ballet” by Russian émigré Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) had been composed only 27 years earlier, making it the newest music included in the program....