The Rite of Spring with Dudamel and the LA Phil
See excerpts from this dramatic November 2019 performance.
The Rite of Spring was first performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1928, and in the 90+ years since, it’s become a signature piece for the orchestra. Today, it sounds just as daring as it did in Stravinsky’s time, full of charging rhythms, blasts of brass, and lurking woodwinds – all of which you can hear in these excerpts from our November 2019 performance, with Gustavo Dudamel at the podium.
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