Premiere Performance Part1 A

[alezander666]

HELLO,MUSIC MAKER,HELLO,ACTUNG,MISTER "I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ARROGANT MUSICANS CAN'T SEE RUN DMC,J.C.,HIPPER HOPPERS ARE JUST LIKE OLD STRAVINSKY",damn u dense,stravinsky has HUNDREDS of masterpieces,does your hipper hoppers do this,sorry,i forgot,THERE OUT THERE SHOOTIN,TRYING TO KILL THEIR COMPETITION,except puff daddy,who kills by BORING PEOPLE TO DEATH,ITS DRECK,SHIT,bill cosby exposed the filthy,GANSTA LYRICS,ON JUST TWO BANDS,BUT MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT,kids,black,in jail for this junk

[ronneesam]

@alezander666 Just listen.watch and learn. What has Stravinsky to do with black kids in jail? Black kids in jail might just have something to do with black kids offending society. The chip on your shoulder may develop into a potato. Oops! Too late.

[alezander666]

NOTHING HAS CHANGED,HERE IN PHOENIX,A HOUR OF MOZART 12-1,"MOZART BUFFET",THEN EACH HOUR,A BAROQUE MOZART,OR A STINKER LIKE HIM,NOT EVEN BACH,WAGNER,OR ANYTHING FROM THE OLD TWENTIETH CENTURY,how many wonderful compositions hindemith,bartok,messiaen,stra­vinsky,ect wrote and will NEVER BE HEARD,YET BAROQUE THREE HUNDRED YEAR OLD DRIVEL IS EVERYWHERE,ETERNAL,WHY,do YOU LIKE LIVING BACK IN CHAMBERPOT VIENNA OF 1700 SOMETHING,NOT ME BABY,I WANT MY "JAzZ" HOT!!!

[ronneesam]

@alezander666 Did Stockhausen escape your notice? Varese? Legeti? Schuamanstz? Great music is great music. What's great for us is sadly not great for you. Some people like Shirley Basssey!

[jintys]

This was a superb documentary,and to actually get all of the performance was an added bonus.I was fortunate enough to see the Birmingham Royal Ballet do the re-creation of the choreography,costumes and sets in Birmingham I think it was in 2005,then not long after this programme went out.

I really wish the BBC would release it on dvd,they pride themselves on their arts coverage, yet this seems to have escapedt,come on Auntie Beeb,it will be a most welcome addition to your catalogue.

[ronneesam]

@jintys Wholeheartedly agree. It's the closest we could come to a defining moment in BBC history.

[soulonice858]

I applaud the dancers, the musicians, Najinski, and Stravinsky because if I were them I would have stopped the whole ballet and told the audience members to leave or shut up. They certainly have more restraint than I do.

[fatovamingus]

I like the comments here. Nijinksky was 21 when he choreographed Le Sacre and would be diagnosed as a schizophrenic 6 years later. His choreography would be performed 7 more times then lost for 70 years. It was too much "art" for society. His being nuts made it even easier to dismiss. Read more about this on my blog, the link is on my channel. This is one of the greatest stories of our time.

[obsessmuch666]

There was a massiveriot, though - Stravinski had to escape the theatre out of the toilet window.

[yumyumwhatzohai]

to be honest the big problem at the premier was the choreography, and the folks instigating the trouble where rival music factions who had already set their mind up to try and disrupt the performance. It wasn't so much the. music that was shocking, I mean Schoenberg was already up to his antics by this time, Pierrot Lunaire came out in 1912, and Harmonielehre had already been published. Plus this is movie so they're obviously going to over emphasize some parts for the sake of drama

[futuregirl45]

it's hip hop of their day

[madderbass]

@futuregirl45 Please don't use the word hip hop to relate anything remotely Stravinsky.

[themusicmaker91]

@madderbass its sad that so many arrogant classical music followers cannot see the similarities in revolutionary creative leaps that Stravinsky took and the daring and revolutionary leaps artists such as Notorious Big and RUN DMC took. Both were equally important to their society and in shaping there culture, just because you can relate to the rite of the spring more so that you can relate to Notorious or Tupac, doesnt mean they are not of equal importance.

[alezander666]

@themusicmaker91 notorious,RUN DMC, FULL OF ;S**t OR WHAT?,NAME ONE NOTORIOUS BIG COMPOSITION!! WROTECAN ANY OF THESE PLAY A GUITAR,OR DRUMS,THIS IS JUNK AND YOU KNOW IT YEAH,THEY'LL BE PLAYIN JAYLO,J.C.,AND YOU FAT BIG NINETY YRS FROM NOW, FIFTY CENT CRACK DEALIN, IDIOT WONDER;PLAY MUSIC,IF YOUR A MUSICIAN,YOU,,READ,WRITE MUSIC,GET IT,I'M ARTIST,I USE PASTEL,OIL,I SMEAR SHIT TO MAKE A POINT,RUN GAYS,WOMEN DOWN "GANSTA",SENDS MY BLACK GENERATION TO JAIL,

[themusicmaker91]

@alezander666 im stunned. Literally none of what you just said made any sense.

[ronneesam]

@alezander666 Well done alezande666 your blatherskite. incomprehensible, incoherent mutterings would have Lewis Carrol lost for words. Shit on you ,you idiot, let's hope you perish under the pile of shit that spews from your gaping orifice you call mouth. BTW any idiot can play guitar or drums - barring you of course.

[ronneesam]

@futuregirl45 MM and hip hop of your day would be lady gaga opening her cavernous thighs to piss, Might be art to such as you morons. This will be warched in awe long after we have gone girl. you ignotant lout.

[Sheffield6688]

To ask the BBC to release this on DVD, go to the bbcamericashop site, (I don't think YouTube will allow me to use the actual address), then click on "DVD" tab upper left, go down about 3/4 on the next page that comes up to "Suggest a Title" and tell them you want to see the 2005 documentary "Riot at the Rite" released.

[RationalEmotive]

I would have been kicking ass... on side of those who thought it was magnificent.

[EGordon17]

Is the younger man backstage in the wings supposed to be Najinski or Stravinsky?

[obsessmuch666]

Najinski

[some2see]

God dammit, I wish the whole film was shown again.

[sciure]

Courageous dancers. Stupid audience.

[coasterman16]

the acting is so overly contrived that it robs from the gravity of the piece

[Rentschlervous]

I LOVE this. Just for the ballet and the music. I wish it was just that, I get pissed at the people who can't handle how amazing this piece is.

[DarylDallas]

i agree. This piece has always been one of my favorites. Too bad that most audiences are so shallow-minded that they cannot appreciate art unless it is a product of another shallow "artist".

[EGordon17]

This IS a re-enactment from 1913. I'm sure almost every modern day audience would appreciate this.

[jpq21]

You idiots, I bet you think most modern audiences dress and talk like that too? Its obviously a reenactment of the historical event.

This is a documentary about how this piece and ballet was so revolutionary and unconventional for its time that it literally cause a riot. This piece represents a giant milestone in music.

[Sacto1654]

I think the modern equivalent of this would be like Eminem performing in front of a crowd used to "Big Band" music. Don't laugh at my comparison: this ballet was so completely radical and different from the ballets choreographed by Marius Petipa only just 10-15 years earlier, it's small wonder why it caused a massive riot at that theater in Paris.

[tchai1814]

hey whos from the Queensland Con?

looking at this from Learning at Griffith?

[postocalypso]

this is very interesting, but it's total bs of course

[EGordon17]

It's a re-enactment of the original premiere. It's not bs.

[AlbertoAntonio6]

the theater reminds me of the Apollo, but for rich white people.

[ososa174]

This shot is taken from the movie: "Riot at the Rite", you can also like the "Keeping the Score - Rite of Spring" DVD

Greetings from Mexico!

[ThaSchwab]

Yes, you will definitely love it.

[VladtheEmailer]

Where can I get this movie??? What is the title?

[jderry11]

AMAZING!!!!! I LOOOOOVE this piece. and the ballet is absolutely moving!

[VladtheEmailer]

Have you seen the PBS production of "In Search of the Rite Of Spring?" where they recreate the original ballet and interview some of the still living dancers from the original? It's wonderful!

[lililapeste01]

bah nan justement t'aurai préféré qu'on compose du bach jusqu'a kan, toi? nounouille! et on di pa "c'est nul", on di"j'aime pa". stravinsky a été genial de composer ca a cette époque ca prouve qu'ils etaient pas tous coincés... eux.

[SummerPudding1]

It always leaves me breathless. Great production here

[bradleighstockwell]

Final note: Stravinsky did very well by "Le Sacre." The premiere's aftermath was not a disaster for him. And: according to Stravinsky, Saint-Saëns wasn't at the premiere. Stravinsky in 1959: "I do not know who invented the story that he was present at, but soon walked out of, the premiere."

[bradleighstockwell]

Part Two: The work has been a concert hall staple since its premiere in 1913. Concert hall goers tend to be fairly open-minded and appreciative; they are used to innovations - even "shocking" ones. Not so, dance fans. They turn out to see dance and the music is, for them, a backdrop. It was the DANCE fans who freaked out in 1913.

[bradleighstockwell]

Part Three: In the 1980s, America's Joffrey Ballet premiered a reconstruction of Nijinsky's original choreography. It had taken 15 years to piece it together since the work was performed only eight times before being dropped from the Ballet Russe's repetoire. After more than half a century, the surviving dancers from the 1913 premiere STILL hated the choreography.

[bradleighstockwell]

Part One: Stravinsky's score was not the problem. Although a few people hated it, it was generally well-received and at later concerts conducted by Pierre Monteux, the critics found the work to be thrilling and the audiences reacted warmly to it. There were no riots.

[Aiatrus]

le sacre du printemps is the bast music ever.

captainfluellen,you are only a stupid.

[captainfluellen]

Si ça, c'est de la musique, moi je suis un babouin!

[Colderslave]

je suis d'accord avec toi! ce n'est que du bruit... je suis peut-être archaïque mais je l'assume... avec Stravinsky, c'était le début de la fin... et je ne parle même pas de Schoenberg!

[gemarno]

Ben... tu ES un babouin je confirme !

[HectorJW2007]

When are they going to release this on DVD?

[aquamine]

affairs of everyday life・・・

[fluteman999]

Brilliant !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chrisandnatetheshow]

Thank you ignorant society for ruining 20th century's greatest work.

[maskerade123]

I feel like shouting "SHUT UP...TRYING TO LISTEN"

[Veggirl7]

That was what some of the supporters of the ballet shouted at the ones who opposed it.

[ladystockingtops]

It is wide screen but instead of the letterbox being in the middle it has got put at the top. You arn't missing any of the image.

[ladystockingtops]

Everyone should write to

BBC Worldwide Ltd

Woodlands

80 Wood Lane

London

W12 0TT

UK

to ask them to sell this on DVD!! 14500 people have seen it on Youtube

[GIO29]

Why is the picture out of the frame? It's too much at the upper left corner of the picture. Pitty... I'd like too see the whole movie. Is it called Riot at the Rite?

[Chrystal21]

I love the bassoon solo at the beginning. Its so...beautiful. I heard, that a composer (I forgot which one) said, "What the hell is that instrument?" to a guy next to him, and the guy said "Its a bassoon." and then the composer said "If thats a bassoon, I am a baboon." or something along those lines.

[bmwski0507]

the composer was saint-saens, who said that.

[maskerade123]

didnt he walk out?

[zombiejaybo]

who, saint-saens?

[andrewcasarsa]

the dancing is just down right disturbing.i can see how it brought out the primal force in the audience

[andrewcasarsa]

that was awesome.i found the paris symphonys version on vinyl today for 50 cents.what a find!

[ronneesam]

Just looked it up. Shaw was 'Corno di bassetto'. OK got the instrument wrong and the section of orchestra. I'm 71 for God's sake and not expected to remember anything!

[ronneesam]

Towards the end, is the guy with a beard and dressed in tweeds George Bernard Shaw? He was music critic of 'The Times'? around that time and used a nom de plume of 'flugelhorn ' or some such. Anyone know if he commented on the ballet?

[ronneesam]

Many thanks to whoever posted this. I could find no version of the ballet on film or video anywhere let alone a Nijinsky choreography. The BBC was no help either!

[nightwisper]

Ohh , oeps , well , I'm also Moonblosssom :D

[Moonblosssom]

When the intro begins with the bassoon , Camille Saint Saens himself left the ballet , he could bear the sound of it ( this rite of srping was the beginning of modernism and maybe thus the beginning of the music we hear today =) ... just keep that in mind )

[Kliametroid]

Moonblossom, Saint-Saens did more than just leave. He shouted out "What the hell instrument is that!?!"

[nightwisper]

Ohh , thnx , I didnt know that ^^

[fantasio88]

Reading the eyewitness reports of Cocteau and Milhaud about the premiere of the "Sacre" is thousand times more thrilling than this pale, artificial and lifeless recreation. Which is a pity, since the basic idea is asmirable. What a wasted opportunity.

[maskerade123]

what bugs me is that you cant jsue see the perfromance, you have to listen to the woots and wistles of the audience...bit annoying

[tiredarms]

But that's the whole idea of the movie.

[andrewj1234]

Interesting dramatization of the Rite of Spring riot.

[nfamiliar]

wow!!! two thumbs up to whoever posted this one.. people then never realized what great impact stravinsky's music would be to the present age.. i should say this is one of the most beautiful music every written..

[HeavensAria]

Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" One of three of his most prominant ballets. It depicts the pagonistic idea that in order for the people to receive the gifts of spring, a virgin maiden must be sacrificed in exchange.

Its probably one of my favorite compositions. Stravinsky is amasing at painting imagery with his music.

[ronneesam]

Me too. Breathtaking and heartstopping ballet choreographed by a master.

[anders59]

Me, three. The composition's expression of primitivism is astounding, and the introduction to the first act is hauntingly beautiful, indeed.

[yosokura]

What is this from?