Sunday, May 26, 2013

Reuters: Lifestyle: A century on, Stravinsky's 'Rite' still summons the caveman

Reuters: Lifestyle
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A century on, Stravinsky's 'Rite' still summons the caveman
May 26th 2013, 10:43

LONDON (Reuters) - A hundred years ago this week, the premiere of Russian emigre composer Igor Stravinsky's pounding, pagan, pulsating "The Rite of Spring" caused a near riot in Paris and changed the face of modern music. It still makes conductors' hair stand on end.

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