Stravinsky on his Rite of Spring 🎶🌿 | Fondation Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring was premiered 105 years ago today. This is one of the quieter moments of that riotous piece... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes, those are plastic bottles in the end of their trumpets! This moment in The Rite of Spring prompted a lot of questions on the YouTube chat during Sunday's live stream, so we asked David Elton and Gerry Ruddock what was going on here! Gerry says, "They're just very quiet mutes, sent to us from a trumpet player i

4K views · 186 reactions | Watch this clip from last week's performance (1/13) of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring." Catch this amazing performance live again at Carnegie Hall on 1/29! | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Facebook