On this week's podcast of From the Top, the victorious finale from Stravinsky's Firebird Suite is performed by a teenage pianist from Chicago. He's joined by a teenage violinist using YouTube to ...

It’s that classic story of boy meets mythical bird, bird gives boy magical feather, boy rescues girl from evil sorcerer king with bird’s help. “And then of course, they get married and live happily ...

Andre Silva and Nicole Von Enck portrayed Prince Ivan and the Firebird in a Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra performance of Stravinsky's "Firebird" Suite on April 21, 2023, at Bass Performance Hall in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Strangely, it's the most familiar part of the tone poem - the macabre, witches' ...

In the ’70s, the rock band Yes opened concerts with an amped-up recording of the lovely Lullaby and rousing Finale of Stravinsky’s “Firebird” Suite. For many listeners, the experience became a ...

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Stravinsky's score for the ballet "The Firebird" established his career, but he was a last-ditch choice for the assignment after a handful of other composers had failed to come through. For the first ...

Igor Stravinsky was a 26-year old nobody when he was asked to compose music for a Russian fairytale set to dance. The 1910 premier of The Firebird in Paris was a smashing success as the debut ...