Paris Premieres - Part 2

By Dan Margolies,

Published January 11, 2022 at 12:22 PM CST

In the second episode featuring works that had their premieres in Paris, we'll hear music by Mozart, Saint-Saëns and Debussy. Plus, co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies will take listeners inside the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for the legendary 1913 premiere of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring."

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Hosts

Michael Stern
Dan Margolies

Program

Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 300a - “Paris"
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bernard Labadie, guest-conductor
Live performance, November 2013

Concerto No. 1 in A Minor for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33
by Camille Saint-Saëns
Jun Märkl, guest-conductor
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello

Jeux - Poème dansé
by Claude Debussy
Live performance, May 2017

Le Sacre du printemps
by Igor Stravinsky
Live performance, January 2015