Tag: Rite of Spring

  • Fantasia’s Rite & Princeton Girlchoir Benefit

    Fantasia’s Rite & Princeton Girlchoir Benefit

    We’re fighting for the “Rite” to party this week. Coming up in just a few minutes, we’ll hear a vintage recording of the Philadelphia Orchestra performing “The Rite of Spring,” as we continue our celebration of the 75th anniversary of Walt Disney’s “Fantasia,” which was released on November 13, 1940.

    Also keeping us young at heart, representatives of Princeton Girlchoir will drop by at around 9:30 to tell us about the group’s upcoming benefit concert, “Children Making a Difference,” which will be held at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton this Saturday at 5:00. You can find out more about it at http://www.princetongirlchoir.org.

    It’s all recordings conducted by Leopold Stokowski this morning, until 11 ET, on WPRB 103.3 FM and online at wprb.com.

  • Remembering Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

    Remembering Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

    Very sorry to learn of the death this morning of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. He conducted many memorable concerts locally with the Philadelphia Orchestra. In fact, last season he celebrated his 150th Philadelphia Orchestra appearance. I still remember a roof-raising performance of “The Rite of Spring,” which took place at the old Academy of Music in the late 1980s. Can you believe it, I actually found the date:

    http://articles.philly.com/1987-11-13/news/26175840_1_carmina-burana-philadelphia-orchestra-carl-orff

    I remember that program quite well. He was the real deal.

    Here he is, being interviewed by Hilary Hahn:

    There are many performances posted on YouTube, with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. I am sure any of them are worthwhile. Here he is conducting Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio espagnol.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLOVVzmEnto

    R.I.P. Maestro Frühbeck de Burgos. Sorry to see you go.

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