Music

Leonard Bernstein's 'Rite of Spring' Thrill Ride

Tom Huizenga — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:03:00 +0000

If you think all the twitchy rhythms and random shards of melody flashing through Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring sound complicated, consider the poor musicians who have to learn it.

Then The Curtain Opened: The Bracing Impact Of Stravinsky's 'Rite'

Tom Vitale — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:55:00 +0000

One hundred years ago this week, a ballet premiered that changed the art world. Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps — The Rite of Spring — was first seen by the public on May 29, 1913, in Paris. As the orchestra played The Rite's swirling introduction, the audience at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées began to murmur.

Overmountain Men On Mountain Stage

editor — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:04:00 +0000

Overmountain Men makes its first appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va. Taking its name from the soldiers of the American Revolution who lived west of (or "over") the Appalachians, Overmountain Men began as a collaboration between North Carolina singer, songwriter and attorney David Childers and Avett Brothers bassist Bob Crawford.

The Cocktail Party Guide To Igor Stravinsky

Tom Huizenga — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:41:00 +0000

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On the Next All This Jazz: Some Standout Albums from the Seventies

Scott Gregory — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:32:18 +0000

Please listen in for the forthcoming edition of All This Jazz, which happens Saturday the 25th here on Public Radio 89.5-1, from 10pm till midnight. Our show delivers modern jazz, both recent and classic --- "all killer, no filler," like the poet said --- and there's always a next-day re-broadcast of ATJ on Sunday at 7pm on Jazz 89.5-2, which is our station's all-jazz HD Radio channel.

Sidney Insists On Stokowski's Stravinsky

editor — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:56:00 +0000

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Igor Stravinsky's 'Rite Of Spring' Counterrevolution

editor — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:03:00 +0000

As the 100th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring approaches, commentator Miles Hoffman reminds us that — as earthshaking as that infamous debut was — the composer soon branched out into a variety of musical styles that would surprise his fans and critics.

Hoffman says that, up until the infamous (and riotous) Rite of Spring debut — on May 29, 1913 — the public had never heard anything like it

Duke Ellington: Highlights Of His Twilight

David Brent Johnson — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:38:00 +0000

When Duke Ellington received the news that Billy Strayhorn, his songwriting and arranging partner of 28 years, had died, Ellington reportedly cried and told a friend, "No, I'm not all right! Nothing is going to be all right now."

The cancer-stricken Strayhorn passed away on May 31, 1967, and Ellington himself would follow seven years later, dying on May 24, 1974, at the age of 75.

Where's Your Awesome 'Rite Of Spring' Video?

editor — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:09:11 +0000

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Chris Potter Quartet On JazzSet

editor — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:00 +0000

Now in his early 40s, Chris Potter is "the most commandingly skilled saxophonist of his generation," according to New York Times jazz writer Nate Chinen.

Potter and JazzSet host Dee Dee Bridgewater have just come off three months with the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour, traveling the country by