From Chorister Peggy: Here are some links, as suggested by Dr. Whitmire at our last rehearsal:
Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring
If you read nothing else, check out the heading “Premiere”.
Here a video in three parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uMfXh4OOx8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwt4DdsFL70&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SagTt5F3mY0&feature=related
Here’s an interview Stravinsky gave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cczgj2vAGwU
Here’s an excerpt from a documentary about the work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SagTt5F3mY0&feature=related
And here is some other interview video of the composer himself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlTxdN04-j4
And here’s some Stravinsky by Leonard Bernstein, a broadcast on the occasion of Stravinsky’s birthday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxadkbuCf4E
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