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WATCH: One hundred years ago in Paris, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring exploded onto the world stage, infamously causing riots in 1913 for its explosive, driving rhythms. Carnegie Hall celebrates the work on February 22 and 23.
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WATCH: The Philadelphia Orchestra music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin explains his approach to programming the orchestra's concerts, including continuing the work of predecessors like Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy, who gave world and US premieres of great works like Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
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WATCH: On October 23, new Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the storied orchestra for the first time at Carnegie Hall. Here, Maestro Nézet-Séguin anticipates the experience.
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WATCH: As part of our series The American Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin introduces The Philadelphia Orchestra and outlines the direction in which he plans to take the 112-year-old institution.
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NEWS: The focus of this season's The American Orchestra series is The Philadelphia Orchestra under the new musical directorship of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, whom we were thrilled to meet and interview this past weekend.
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