Stravinsky in a sentence

Despite these alleged liaisons, Stravinsky was considered a family man and devoted to his children.sfn Religion Stravinsky was a devout member of the Russian Orthodox Church during most of his life, remarking at one time that, "Music praises God.

Shostakovich's relationship with Stravinsky was profoundly ambivalent; as he wrote to Glikman, "Stravinsky the composer I worship.

Stravinsky was in many ways his premiere model. citation Stravinsky's rhythm and vitality is apparent in many of his works.

After the current program of works by Rossini, Magnus Lindberg and Beethoven, he leads music by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Prokofiev and — like the Mahler, a prime assignment — Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” starting next Thursday.

British star Sam Smith will be playing the prestigious Stravinsky Auditorium for the first time, eight years after appearing at the festival’s Lab, which is dedicated to exploring new and emerging music production.

We have this thing where we sort of want to study with the master’s master, and that would be Erich Wolfgang Korngold or Sergei Rachmaninoff or Igor Stravinsky or whatever.

Interactive and inclusive, this lively holiday concert will feature selections from The Nutcracker and The Mikado, ballerina Mairead Moore dancing to Stravinsky, an instrument petting zoo, and more!

Stravinsky’s score to “The Rite” culminated Salonen’s opening night concert for Disney in 2003, and that was all it took to understand what this hall could do.

A performance of Igor Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat: The Soldier’s Tale,” will be presented at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at the North Dakota Museum of Art.

Stravinsky, who composed the work in 1918, weaves the elements of fortune, sorrow, reflection and defeat that follow the soldier, with his unique, American jazz-influenced music.

The first movement begins with Stravinsky-like bustling and there’s a contrasting middle section that contains that melancholy music that Poulenc was so good at composing.

The upcoming performance features works by Aaron Copland and Igor Stravinsky.

Enjoy the sounds of the Gounod, Stravinsky, and Dvorak in your backyard.

One suggestion of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” comes and goes like a whiplash.

The intense, dense early sections of Freya Waley-Cohen’s were followed by a slow, serenely beautiful interlude before the tempo sped up in a jazzy rush of chords and Stravinsky-style phrasings.

This NSO program also includes symphonic fragments from by Bringuier’s French compatriot Albert Roussel as well as by Igor Stravinsky, two ballets that premiered a century ago.

And in Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements he didn’t just conduct the thrilling off-beat stabs in the first movement, he embodied them.

I continue to study, bebop, Hindemith, Ravel, Stravinsky and great twentieth century composers like Debussy.

Mrs. Douglas was half the size of her fellow speakers and she wore huge dark glasses, which along with the huge floppy hat made her look like Scarlett O'Hara as played by Igor Stravinsky.

The main attraction, which will begin at 3 p.m., is “The Firebird,” a ballet and orchestral composition by Igor Stravinsky, conducted by Shah Sadikov, assistant professor of music and theatre.