Daniele Gatti, the chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since the 2016/17 season, has held music director positions with several major orchestras and opera houses worldwide.
Compositional Technique
The score of Le sacre du printemps features a mosaic of short, block-like motifs with enormous rhythmic complexity, departing from classical narrative style and spun-out melodies.
Composition History
Igor Stravinsky conceived of Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) after a sudden vision of a solemn pagan rite where an elder-watched young girl danced herself to death to propitiate the god of spring.
Compositional Technique
Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps uses unusual instrumental registers, such as the extremely high bassoon solo at the beginning, to create alienation effects with irregular rhythms.
Performer Biography
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, founded in 1888, has been led by only seven chief conductors in its history, including Daniele Gatti since 2016.
Critical Reception
The 1913 premiere of Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps was one of the most scandalous in music history, leading to fisticuffs in the audience and police intervention.
Compositional Technique
Stravinsky based parts of Le sacre du printemps on authentic old Russian folk music, which he then cut into pieces and rearranged like a collage, adding newly composed music.
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