7/14/2019 Stravinsky Poster

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IGOR STRAVINSKYa man of many styles

(1882-1971)Blackheath Halls 

Music Appreciation

Classes

Monday mornings

with

Matthew Taylor

Just as Beethoven bestrode his world at the start of the 19th century, so Stravinsky set out to shockhis world of the early twentieth century and beyond. The three great ballets written before 1914,Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring were to cause shock waves. We will hear the slimmeddown Stravinsky of the First World War (Renard and The Soldier’s Tale), the good manneredStravinsky of his neo-classical period (Apollo, The Fairy’s Kiss and Pulcinella) and the seriousStravinsky (Symphony of Psalms and Oedipus Rex). There follows his American period including hisviolin concerto and two symphonies. And to finish is his later conversion to serialism.

Mondays from 10 am to 12 noon

in the Recital Room Blackheath Halls:September 23, 30October 7, 14, 21

November 4, 11, 18, 25December 2

Course fee: £75For further details contact:

Lionel Lewis on 020 8297 1075e mail: LJL@lioneljlewis.org.ukwww.blackheath-music.co.uk

Photo of Stravinsky in 1935 by Edward Weston

Costume and set designs for Stravinsky’s ballets - from top left:

Petrushka Alexandre Benois, Bolshoi Ballet,1921. The Rite of Spring 

Nicolas Roerich, Ballets Russes, 1913. Pulcinella Pablo Picasso, Ballets

Russes, 1920. The Firebird Léon Bakst, Ballets Russes,1910.

Poster design: Tom Butler