Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring - bass drum excerpt

[@alexbonahue3322]

Stravinsky has such balls in his composition. A concert bass drum practically droning triplets for a minute straight and such rhythmic intricacies between brass and percussion is not only unique for his time period but also just a flex of arrangement.

[@davidkeller9345]

he heard that in his head and didn't get the luxury of playback. he just heard it and went. its crazy the way folks heard things back in the day. i'm not knocking modern composers. but its just cool how they knew what they wanted and basically guessed sometimes and hoped, or had to add something once they had the full orchestra.

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

Don't forget that the timpani is droning the sixteenths, essentially clashing with the bass drum creating an effect of stampede

[@AnkothOfficial]

It almost is like the piece has a double bass drum part in it, kind of like in metal... The wooden mallets also sound really great.

[@JonathanGilmer]

It really is! He also didn't hold back on that bass drum at all! 😂

[@Itheil]

Until the day i die, i will forever say that Rite of Spring was proto- death metal

[@jmwoods190]

@@Itheil Along with Richard Strauss's Salome!

[@a.s.vanhoose1545]

It has a double bass part lol I know what you mean

[@shin-i-chikozima]

He weaves emotion and admiration from his percussion playing

[@richardwilliams473]

Wow!! What impactfull playing !!!

[@giullianomartini]

An orchestral version of Bleed by Meshuggah. Jokes aside, this is really incredible!

[@piazzollalucagordon4149]

I think it's even harder: here you carry the rhythm with hands only, and long two-beat patterns require a looot of control, especially when you are one of the loudest instruments in the piece. Meshuggah forever, anyway :)

[@sveinungnygaard1505]

Man, this is epic

[@percussiontvgunho6631]

great performance!!!!!!!

[@WePercussion]

Thanks for sharing this !!!! Bravo

[@Ex_Ax]

I just realized that the Matrix has something in its soundtrack from Rite of spring.

[@neelsn007]

Mind blown!

[@mel_163]

A lot of film composers were very inspired by Stravinsky and other Slavic early moderns composers in fact, I really like it

[@lukehelleson4591]

was this filmed in a cave?

[@vinskilindqvist4554]

In Temppeliaukion kirkko I guess, a church in Helsinki. Not sure tho

[@cyprianbeecroft569]

You're on the right lines! The Temppeliaukion kirkko was actually built sort of underground, with the round glass roof being on the actual ground level. Neat architectural idea that! You can check it out, it's in the Töölö area.

[@hallvardolai]

Yooo, I just realized where it was. Ive played there!!!❤

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

This music can really put the frighteners on anyone .

[@BellaFirenze]

BRAVISSIMO!

[@ChrysaPlati]

Ευχαριστώ~

[@rullosordo4084]

Wooooow

[@muckertheblimp1874]

Bro is playing Stravinsky while in a cave

[@Joshua-yn9wp]

wood mallet？

[@OskariAuramo]

Yes, Cooperman wooden bass drum mallet!

[@Mur4dMusic]

@@OskariAuramo is wooden mallet mandatory? I mean, did Stravinsky himself mention to use it?

[@danieldavis2049]

Mur4d it’s to achieve a solid articulation in order to hear all the strokes

[@76JStucki]

@@Mur4dMusicmandatory, no. Different players use a variety of mallets for this part. All are hard, however. But wood is an appropriate option

[@ДмитрийМихнович-ц9б]

What a diameter of this bass drum? 28 inch?

[@policeluber6720]

He must have been a drummer

[@itwasmedio8302]

Sounds like Turok

[@luisn642]

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