Essentials: The Rite of Spring

Gustavo Gimeno conducts Stravinsky’s trailblazing ‘Sacre’

The Concertgebouw Orchestra, led by Gustavo Gimeno, plays The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky’s powerful and electrifying music for ballet.

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The bold sound collages, pounding, angular rhythms and sharp contrasts were not only ultramodern but also very catchy.

The Concertgebouw Orchestra, led by Gustavo Gimeno, plays The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky’s powerful and electrifying music for ballet.

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The bold sound collages, pounding, angular rhythms and sharp contrasts were not only ultramodern but also very catchy.

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  • Igor Stravinsky

    The rite of spring

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About this concert

The Essentials series introduces you to the masterpieces you will be happy to know, performed by the world-famous Concertgebouw Orchestra and complete with a lively introduction by the incomparable Thomas Vanderveken. At Essentials we welcome a new generation of music lovers, and the concerts typically have a pleasant informal atmosphere.

In 1913, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet music for Le sacre du printemps shook the world of music to its core. After a famously riotous concert in Paris, this innovative work quickly assumed its rightful place on the concert stage. Stravinsky’s bold sound collages, pounding, angular rhythms and sharp contrasts were not only ultramodern but also very catchy. And The Rite of Spring, as it’s known in English, continues to capture the hearts of successive generations of music lovers. 

Gustavo Gimeno began his career as a percussionist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. But he has gone on to become a highly sought-after conductor, at the helm of orchestras in Luxembourg and Toronto.

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