Stravinsky

[Marco]

What do you guys think of Igor Stravinsky? Disorganized genius or an overrated fool?

[Héctor]

Organized!!!

Hand written musical score by Igor Stravinsky

[Héctor]

Stravinsky - Tango (by Michel Béroff)

[Andrew]

I love Stravinsky. A favourite of mine that I never hear anyone talk about is the Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments.

Nice colours in that handwritten score photograph...

[Héctor]

The Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky was written in 1930 and was commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This piece is a three-movement choral symphony and was composed during Stravinsky's neoclassical period. The symphony derives its name from the use of Psalm texts in the choral parts, which Stravinsky was inspired to include because he had recently rejoined the Russian Orthodox Church following a sixteen year hiatus. The three movements are performed without a break, and the texts sung by the chorus are drawn from the Vulgate versions in Latin. Unlike many pieces composed for chorus and orchestra, Stravinsky said that “it is not a symphony in which I have included Psalms to be sung. On the contrary, it is the singing of the Psalms that I am symphonizing.”

Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms