Firebird looks backward as much as forward. But in Petrushka, Stravinsky's next collaboration with Ballets Russes, the young composer begins to uncover his true voice. Writer Jeremy Noble calls it ...

The main work is Stravinsky’s second ballet Petrushka (Petrouchka in French), which makes an ideal vehicle for young Finnish whiz kid Klaus Makela, conducting the Orchestre de Paris. He has ...

I always love to get artists on their way up.” Finally on Sunday’s program, there’s “Petrushka.” Stravinsky was fresh off his success with “The Firebird” when he began working on the ...

Petrushka, curious, inimitable ballet-child of Igor Stravinsky, was given last week for the first time this season at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan. Poor Petrushka, superbly done by ...

FORT WORTH — Well, that was fun: a performance of Stravinsky’s Petrushka with dancers. It happened Friday night at Bass Performance Hall, thanks to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and its ...

Among the highlights are two programs featuring music by legendary ballet composer Igor Stravinsky ... Dance Project unveils new adaptations of “Petrushka” and “The Rite of Spring.” ...

Stravinsky wasn’t Diaghilev’s first choice ... first with “The Firebird,” then “Petrushka” and later with “The Rite of Spring.” “Rite of Spring,” which shocked the audience ...

for the symphony's performance of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Stravinsky’s "Petrushka." The vice president could be seen in videos smiling and waving amid the noise. Shouts of ...

This detailed visual portrayal of the orchestral sections, and close ups of players, can reinforce study of some of the essential features of this piece, including the lyrical folk melodies played ...

Howard Goodall:'When the ballet roost took Stravinsky's second ballet, 'Petrushka, to Vienna in 1913, 'the scandalised musicians refused to play it, 'describing it as dirty music. Howard Goodall ...

ADRIAN — The Adrian Symphony Orchestra’s “season of Stravinsky” continues Sunday ... second major composition for the Ballet Russes “Petrushka.” Sunday’s concert begins at 3 p.m ...