In the early 1900s, a relatively unknown Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky, was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev, the founder of the Ballet Russes. Stravinsky wasn’t Diaghilev’s first choice — many ...

Riccardo Muti and the CSO open the 2023/24 Season with two pieces capturing the fairy-tale splendor of Russian music. Stravinsky’s suite from The Firebird uses a dynamic orchestral palette to depict ...

Schmitt’s Psalm 47 is a powerful work for soprano, chorus, and orchestra that sets the Latin psalm text in a sweeping, dramatic style. Opening with a brilliant fanfare, the piece combines vigorous ...

Beginning Sept. 19, the Houston Symphony is doing something relatively rare: performing Igor Stravinsky’s entire 47-minute score — instead of the more commonly played, 20-minute suite — for his famous ...

Mar. 10—The Bangor Symphony Orchestra combined a new work, a one-of-a-kind concerto and the intense beauty of a beloved ballet for its most diverse and best program so far this season on Sunday at the ...

Magic springs from every moment of Stravinsky’s rapturous, red-hot Firebird, a masterpiece of orchestral innovation that soars through landscapes of wonder and enchantment, then roars its way to a ...

Filled with glittering orchestral colors and vibrant Russian folk flavor, Stravinsky’s revelatory score for The Firebird took him from an unknown young composer to an overnight star. Experience this ...