Happy 127th Birthday to Igor Stravinsky!

Posted on | June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

To honor one of the most influential composers of the 20th century, we thought it fitting to post this amazing rendition of Le Sacre du Printemps or The Rite of Spring, arranged in SONAR by Cakewalk user Jay Bacal.

The two-movement piece is shown as a series of four videos – two of which Jay has yet to post. Performed on a 16GB Quad-core Windows VISTA 64-bit PC, Bacal used Vienna Symphonic Library to emulate the pristine sounds of the orchestra and arranged the piece using SONAR 8’s Piano Roll view.

Known as Stravinsky’s most controversial work, The Right of Spring caused a great riot at it’s debut, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France in 1913. Performed by the Ballets Russes, the intensely rhythmic score and primitive scenario – the setting evoking pagan Russia – shocked audiences accustomed to the more modest conventions of classical ballet!

Please don’t cause another scandal but feel free to tell Jay what you think of his latest project on the Cakewalk forums!

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2 Responses to “Happy 127th Birthday to Igor Stravinsky!”

tobias
June 19th, 2009 @ 5:18 am

very impressive stuff… this is a pretty superb demo for the Vienna library too, as well as Cakewalk and of course the arranger. Not to mention Stravinsky… but that kind of goes without saying.
Sidmaster
June 24th, 2009 @ 1:30 pm

Great! I’m amazed, absolutely amazed. What a job, keep up the good work.