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‘I dreamed of a pagan ritual in which a sacrificial virgin danced herself to death.’ A vision was the inspiration for Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, a ballet that caused a riot at its premiere in 1913. This Prom is an unprecedented opportunity to get under the skin of the work that shook the worlds of music and ballet with its stamping, jagged rhythms and modern harmony. Nicholas Collon and the pioneering Aurora Orchestra dramatise the Rite’s origins, reliving the scene of its notorious concert premiere and finally performing the whole thing from memory.

Image: Nicholas Collon © Chris Christodoulou/Â鶹Éç