Classics Explained: Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring

Jeremy Siepmann

109 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 34 MINUTES • JUN 09 2003

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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: ...and is twice interrupted by horns

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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: Motif No. 1 erupts in full orchestra, then all hell breaks loose

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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: New ostinato, over implacable repetitions of Motif No. 1, offset by clarinets

00:27

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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: A new section, kick-started by percussion: timpani, bass drum and gong

01:11

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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: Horns, doubled by strings, introduce the main idea of this new section

00:18

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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: The return of the movement's opening section - or so we may think

00:54

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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: Dramatic compression of now-familiar material

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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: A terrifying cocktail of motifs old and new confounds expectations...

01:00

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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: ...and leads to the coda, the final flourish of the whole work

01:45

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Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance: Cue to all of Part II and end of CD

00:11

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Part II (complete)

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