Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky (2010) - Opening Scene 

May 29, 1913. Was there ever a more epochal moment in the annals of music history?
That’s the question posed by musicologist Charles M. Joseph in his book Stravinsky’s Ballets in describing the 1913 premiere of "The Rite of Spring" at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. And it’s the question that we’re going to explore here today as we delve into the monumental premiere and the groundbreaking score that, “with its rebellious energy and its celebration of life through sacrificial death,” served as “a prelude to the Great War” and as a signpost to “the birth of modernism,” this according to writer Modris Eksteins in his book Rites of Spring.
This video is presented as part of "Stravinsky and the Premiere of the Century" at: TheSembrich.or...
Produced by Claudie Ossard and Chris Bolzli.
Directed by Jan Kounen.
Video used with permission.