Type: Documentary
Concert Footage Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Year; 1993

Enjoy this lively look at the bold, rule-breaking world of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), the musical rebel who shook up the classical world. The program explores how his works "The Firebird" and "The Rite of Spring" offered wild rhythms, daring harmonies, and primal energy that left early audiences stunned (and sometimes rioting!). Stravinsky reinvented himself time and again from lush Russian folklore to modernist precision proving that classical music can be downright electrifying.