Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet
Complete Stage performances
Bolshoi Theatre (Algis Juraitis, conductor)
Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris (Vello Pähn, conductor)
The Royal Ballet (John Lanchbery, conductor)
Concert performances
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Andrew Mogrelia, conductor)
Ballet suite
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Sergei Prokofiev, conductor)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor)
Stravinsky, Rite of Spring [Week II]
Consider how the following scenes from the Rite are “classical” in their conception; that is, in what ways do they adhere to the conventions of classical ballet forms (both musical and dance forms)?
Stravinsky, Rite of Spring (1913)
Concert Performances
Igor Markevitch/Japan Philharmonic (1968)
Pierre Boulez/London Symphony Orchestra (2004)
Jaap van Zweden/Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (2010)
Choreographies
Vaslav Nijinsky/Robert Joffrey (1987/89)
Vaslav Nijinsky/Millicent Hodson (1987/2003)
(Mariinsky Ballet, dir. Valery Gergiev)
Five Different Choreographies of the Danse Sacrale
(Vaslav Nijinsky, Millicent Hodson, Pina Bausch, Angelin Preljocaj, Tero Saarinen)
Documentaries & Interviews
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (1987) Rehearsal with Leonard Bernstein
Stravinsky and Boulez on the Sacre
Michael Tilson Thomas, Keeping Score Documentary
Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI
Riot at the Rite (BBC Dramatization)
Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty Op. 66
Full Ballet Videos
State Academic Bolshoi Theatre: Part I
State Academic Bolshoi Theatre: Part II
Scenes
Garland Waltz
Grand pas d’action (“Rose adagio”)
Concert Performances
Orquestra Sinfónica de Amsterdam (Suite, Op. 66a)
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Orchestra of the Bolshoi (Complete ballet, Op. 66)
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Op. 20
Kirov Ballet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJoB7y6Ncs
American Ballet Theatre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfmc6ZVl7uA
Orquestra Sinfónica de Amsterdam (Ballet Suite Op. 20a)
Brahms, Fourth Symphony in E minor, fourth movement
Leonard Bernstein & Vienna Philharmonic
Wagner, Tristan and Isolde, end of act 3
1995 Bayreuth production (Müller & Barenboim)
Brahms, Abenddämmerung, Op. 49/5
Stephanie Iranyi, mezzo-soprano & Helmut Deutsch, piano