Bernstein conducts Stravinsky - The Song of the Nightingale (Le chant du rossignol) (1/2)

Le chant du rossignol (1917)

The symphonic poem "Le chant du rossignol" is an adaptation of music from the opera "Le rossignol" (The Nightingale) by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). It is based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about the Emperor of China and his love for the song of a certain nightingale. Later, when Japanies envoys give the Emperor a mechanical nightingale, which can also sing beautifully, the real nightingale flies away. The Emperor, pining after the song of the real bird, falls ill and is about to die, when the real nightingale appears in his window and convinces Death to spare the Emperor.

This recording is from a December 1956 live performance in Carnegie Hall with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

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[bonniemcalvin]

why does flute play Gnat at 1:53? Is there a typo or change?

[Jvenvell]

@chicolofi Electronic music sounds like Stravinsky.

[thufir74]

@Silverdaddy101

Firebird came first

[Silverdaddy101]

sounds like electronic music? Naw. It definitely has Firebird influences in it.

I"m not sure which came first, this or Firebird Suite.

[chicolofi]

Sounds like electronic music in a time when electronic music was yet to be invented. Stravinsky was a real genius.