Petrushka – Alexandrian Media

March 7, 2021The Composer Chronicles

4. A Strange Kind of Love (February 2021)

Ah… February. The month of love… There was a lot of love to go around in February 2021, but was it all worth it? Let’s find out?

February 10, 2021June 27, 2021The Composer Chronicles

Ep. 37: A Sad Shrovetide – Stravinsky and Petrushka

Petrushka, Igor Stavinksy’s second ballet, is a tragic tale of a living puppet who is treated like a mere toy and brought to the point of madness. Ironically, such a sad tale brought Stravinsky a great deal of success, especially after the triumph that was his previous ballet The Firebird. However, there’s a more you do not know, hidden behind the curtain.