The music of Igor Stravinsky, from the driving, complex, madly difficult rhythms of his 1913 “Rite of Spring” to the neoclassical austerity of his 1928 “Apollo,” is closely tied to the development of ...

An early unfinished version of the 1923 landmark work, completed by Theo Verbey almost 100 years after Stravinsky conceived it, is earthy, lean and superbly performed First performed by the Ballets ...

Igor Stravinsky was all of 28 years old in 1910 when he landed his first big hit, the ballet score to The Firebird, composed for the Ballets Russes, the influential dance company based in Paris.

Igor Stravinsky looms large in the pantheon of modern composers. Both the White House and the Kremlin sent representatives to his April 1971 funeral in Manhattan. Two weeks later, thousands swelled ...

It’s not overstating the case to say that Igor Stravinsky changed the world. With the 1910 premiere of “The Firebird,” the Russian composer became an overnight sensation. Created for Ballets Russes, ...

Donald Macleod explores Igor Stravinsky's life through his five symphonies – from Russian folk melodies to American cool. Today, his Symphonies of Wind Instruments. He's undisputedly one of the ...

Very seldom does the opportunity come along to immerse one’s self in the life and work of a major American composer; to indulge in the private and public face of a complicated and somewhat tortured ...

Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky. In this week’s episode, Donald explores the composer who is said, in his music, to have ushered in the 20th century: ...