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“Igor Stravinsky was born in the spring and died in the spring. In a sense, he lived his whole life in a springtime of creativity. All his music is springlike, newly budding, rooted in the familiar past, yet fresh and sharp, with the stinging, paradoxical combination of the inevitable and the unexpected. And so this spring evening we celebrate Stravinsky as we celebrate spring itself, like an eternal renewal." -Leonard Bernstein, Homage to Stravinsky, 1972 🎥 Leonard Bernstein leads the London S

Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka ballet premiered #onthisday in 1911 in Paris, performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company 🩰🎶 The story, which centers around a devilish puppet, brings together music, dance, and incredible scenography in a spectacular production. Discover more about this work and the legacy of the Ballets Russes in the dedicated boxset: https://w.lnk.to/dbrFA | Warner Classics & Erato