This program inlcudes original two piano music composed by Igor Stravinsky, as well as his masterpiece The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky composed all of his ballet music at the piano, and when he had finished the score for the Rite, he persuaded his friend Claude Debussy to play through the four-hand arrangement of the score with him at a ... party.

Concerto for 2 pianos
I. Con moto
II. Notturno
III. Quattro variazioni
IV. Preludio e fuga

Sonata for 2 pianos
I. Moderato
II.Theme with variations: Largo
III. Allegretto

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The Rite of Spring
First Part: A Kiss of the Earth
Introduction
The Augurs of Spring (Dances of the Young Girls)
Ritual of Abduction
Spring Rounds
Ritual of the Two Rival Tribes
Procession of the Oldest and Wisest One
The Kiss of the Earth (The Oldest and Wisest One)
The Dancing Out of the Earth

Second Part: The Exalted Sacrifice
Introduction
Mystic Circle of the Young Girls
The Naming and Honoring of the Chosen One
Evocation of the Ancestors
Ritual Action of the Ancestors
Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)