BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 38: Ravel, Chin, Stravinsky - Part 2

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Christopher Cook presents the conclusion of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's Prom, which features Stravinsky's seminal, Diaghilev-commissioned The Rite of Spring, a work with many pounding rhythms, cataclysmic upheavals and the savage scenario of a young girl dancing herself to death. Alban Gerhardt (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring.