Ashley Hutchings - Riot Of Spring & Other Histori

The Riot of Spring is a fantastic album compiled by Ashley Hutchings and featuring music based upon historical dramas, large and small. To compliment this release Ashley has especially recorded the title track (over 6 minutes long) based around the historical events of 1913.On the 29th May 1913, The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky premiered at the Th��tre des Champs Elys�es in Paris. Not knowing whether to be more appalled by Stravinsky's uncompromising experimentations in dissonance, tonality, rhythm and meter or by Vaslav Nijinsky's unconventional, horizontal, pigeon-toed choreography, the Parisian audience reacted as their instincts told them. They rioted. Stravinsky and Nijinsky, it seemed, had succeeded in achieving the holy grail of art - they had created something entirely new.