Stravinsky – 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.

May 13, 2020August 10, 2020The Composer Chronicles

Ep. 2: Rising to Prominence – Stravinsky and The Firebird

Igor Stravinsky’s commission to write The Firebird would be the break that the young composer had been looking for. After the ballet’s premiere, he became an immediate celebrity, and it not only secured his place as a composer for the Ballets Russes, but as a respected and beloved international figure.