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Radio 3,30 May 2013,20 mins

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Discovering Music

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Stephen Johnson reveals how Stravinsky's utterly novel approach to organising musical sounds led him to create the most sensational and notorious ballet score of the early twentieth century.

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    The Rite of Spring
    The Rite of Spring
    Igor Stravinsky
  3. 2.
    Song of the Volga boatmen (E' ukhnem)
    Song of the Volga boatmen (E' ukhnem)
    Traditional Russian